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Gajar ka Halwa ki recipe

Gajar halwa Recipe | Carrot Halwa Recipe

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Gajar ka halwa or Carrot Halwa is a traditional Indian dessert that is made with carrots, ghee, milk, and garnished with dry fruits that just tastes delicious.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

Gajar ka Halwa with Milk Ingredients

  • 500 gms carrot
  • 4 tbsp desi ghee
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 4 cardamom
  • 400 ml milk
  • chopped dry fruits for garnishing

Gajar ka Halwa with Mawa Ingredients

  • 1 kg grated carrot
  • 8 tbsp desi ghee
  • 1.25 cups sugar
  • 4-5 cardamom
  • 400 gm grated mawa/khoya
  • Chopped dry fruits for garnishing

Instructions
 

For making Carrot Halwa/Gajar ka Halwa with Milk

  • First wash carrots and then peel and Grate them.
  • Take a kadhai and pour desi ghee and then add all the grated carrots in it. Cover the lid and Cook at low heat for 5 minutes. Keep stirring in between until carrots become soft.
  • Add sugar and mix well. Cover the lid and let it cook for 3 to 4 minutes on low heat.
  • Remove lid and keep stirring unt on medium heat until carrots absorb sugar.
  • Add whole cardamom or you can also use cardamom powder.
  • Add full cream milk and cook on medium to high heat.
  • Keep stirring the mixture and scrap the sides to remove milk solids and add them back to the mixture.
  • Continue to simmer and keep stirring the mixture until it thickens.
  • Add chopped dry fruits when the mixture has almost dried. You can also add desi ghee at this stage.
  • Keep stirring until the mixture becomes completely dry.
  • Garnish with dry fruits and serve it hot.

For making Carrot Halwa/Gajar ka Halwa with Mawa

  • Take 1 kg carrot. Wash it properly. Peel the upper layer and grate them.
  • Heat a kadhai/pan. Pour 4-5 tbsp desi ghee
  • Now, add the grated carrot to the kadhai. Mix well with desi ghee.
  • Cover the lid and let it cook for 3-4 minutes on low flame. After 4 minutes, remove the lid and mix it well. Cook it again for 3-4 minutes on low flame.
  • After 3-4 minutes, mix it again and let it cook again for 3-4 minutes.
  • Add 1 cup and 4 tbsp sugar to the mixture. Mix it well.
  • Add 4-5 cardamom after crushing them. Mix them well. You can also use cardamom powder instead of whole cardamom.
  • Now, cover it and let it cook for 3-4 minutes on low flame. Remove the cover after 4 minutes. Mix it well and cover it to let it cook again for 3-4 minutes. Turn the flame to medium now.
  • Remove the cover and now we will cook it on medium on high flame without covering it so that it absorbs the sugar syrup before we add mawa.
  • Add 400 gm grated mawa/khoya to the mixture. Mix it well and cook on medium flame.
  • Stir and let it cook. Add 2 more tbsp desi ghee to the gajar halwa mixture. After a few minutes, turn the flame off when the mixture gets dried.
  • Gajar ka halwa is ready.
  • Garnish with chopped dry fruits.