Traditional Punjabi dessert made with carrots and milk. It goes well with Vanilla ice cream.
Carrot (Gajjar) Halwa
Traditional Punjabi dessert made with carrots and milk. It goes well with Vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Carrot (grated)
- 2 Cups Milk Warm
- ½ Cup Sugar
- 2 Cardamom
- 1 ½ Tablespoons Ghee
- 1 Tablespoon Cashew Nuts
- ½ Tablespoon Raisins
Instructions
- 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 tablespoon 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.
Nutrition
Serving: 214gCalories: 267kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 5gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 29mgSodium: 92mgPotassium: 431mgFiber: 2gSugar: 34gVitamin A: 10889IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 177mgIron: 1mg
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This is my _favourite_ dish :) My mum prepares this really well. Thanks, Jane :)
Try it out, Anirudh!
Will do! :)
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.
Great to hear from you! I'll definitely try once with coconut milk.
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.
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 ?
Its so simple n yummy! Thankyou again @Jane Jojo !
Thanks for tying it out, Priya :)
awesome recipe.. tried it many a time and hv always got praises !! thnks to d recipe :)
Thanks Vineetha :) Contribute your pic next time :)