Carrot (Gajjar) Halwa

Traditional Punjabi dessert made with carrots and milk. It goes well with Vanilla ice cream.

(109 votes, average: 4.48 out of 5)

Carrot (grated)

2 Cups

Milk Warm

2 Cups

Sugar

1/2 Cup

Cardamom

Ghee

1 1/2 Tablespoons

Cashew Nuts

1 Tablespoon

Raisins

1/2 Tablespoon

Heat ghee in a pan. Add cashew nuts & fry it for a minute, remove from the pan & keep it aside.
Add Raisins and fry it for a minute. Keep it aside.
Add grated carrots, warm milk, sugar and slightly crushed cardamoms.
Cook till the sugar has dissolved and all the milk has been absorbed. Don't cover it while cooking.
Add 1 tbsp ghee and simmer for 5 minutes.
Remove the gajjar halwa from heat and garnish it with fried cashews and raisins.
** Instead of fried cashews and raisins, you can garnish with almonds and pistachios as well.

Anirudh Surendranath This is my _favourite_ dish :) My mum prepares this really well. Thanks, Jane :)

5 years ago
Jane Jojo Try it out, Anirudh!

5 years ago
Anirudh Surendranath Will do! :)

5 years ago
Trey I substituted milk for coconut milk and I used 1/2 tsp ground cardamom because I have no pods on hand. It was very tasty.

5 years ago
Jane Jojo Great to hear from you! I'll definitely try once with coconut milk.

5 years ago
Gomathy Aiyer Jane Chechi : I tried your recipe. But I think I stirred a lot and the grated carrot got little mashed than single pieces. You don't have to stir I guess? Thanks for the proportion. It came out just perfect but added more auger than you suggested.

5 years ago
Gomathy Aiyer Hi Jane Chechi thanks for the recipe. The proportions you have suggested worked fine except that I added more sugar. But rather than grated form the carrot got little mashed up in the in the halwa. I think it was too much stirring. Do you have to stir ?

5 years ago
Priya Jolly Its so simple n yummy! Thankyou again @Jane Jojo !

4 years ago
Jane Jojo Thanks for tying it out, Priya :)

4 years ago
Vineetha Srijit awesome recipe.. tried it many a time and hv always got praises !! thnks to d recipe :)

3 years ago
Jane Jojo Thanks Vineetha :) Contribute your pic next time :)

2 years ago
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