Gajar Halwa- A popular and traditional Indian dessert made with carrot and milk.
Gajar halwa/Gajrela is a very delicious dessert /sweeet of North India especially popular in Punjab. To make Gajar ka halwa Grated carrots are cooked in milk and sugar and then pure ghee and nuts are added to give a nice taste and crunch,addition of khoya is optional as you can make this only with milk,or can add some condensed milk.
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Gajar Ka Halwa /Carrot Pudding
A popular and traditional Indian dessert made with carrot and milk.
Ingredients
- 1 kg Carrot / Gajar
- 1 liter Full fat Milk
- 250 gms Sugar / Chini
- 1 cup Khoya/solidified milK
- 1/3 cup Cashew pieces /Kaju
- 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder / Elaichi Powder
- 5 tbsp Clarified Butter / Desi Ghee
- 10 Pistachio
Instructions
- Scrape the carrots and grate them .
- Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a heavy bottom pan,add the grated carrots and saute for a minute on medium heat.
- Now add milk and cook on medium heat till the moisture almost dries up .
- Add sugar and cook till it thickens again.
- Add grated mawa ,cashew pieces and cardamom powder.
- Mix and add 2-3 tbsp of ghee and stir fry for few seconds.
- Serve hot .
How To Make Instant Khoya
- Take 2 cups of full cream milk powder in a glass bowl, add 2 tbsp of
- add 2 tbsp of ghee or butter in it and mix well. Add some water and make a soft dough.
- Cover and microwave for 1 minute or steam in a closed container for 3-4 minutes. You may now mash or grate it and use it as required.
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Notes
Note-
1-Use red Indian carrots for a nice and bright red colour,I used the American orange carrots,hence it has a orange red colour..2-In U.P we use a good amount of ghee to fry the carrots(approx. 1 cup) and that truly enhance the taste:)
RS says
I am desperately searching for Indian red carrots for this but unable to find here .
Does it taste good with the Australian variety we get here .
anjanaskc says
Yes you can make this halwa with Australian carrots too, will taste good
Cheyenne Elson says
My boyfriend has been begging me to make this for him, I look forward to trying this recipe!
Julie says
very delicious!!
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Sona S says
yummy and tempting!
Priya says
Irresistible halwa, tempting and drooling here as always.
divya says
slurp, drooling here rite now, very tempting halwa…
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Hamaree Rasoi says
irresistible halwa…Love this…
WeR SAHM says
Evergreen dessert looks so yummy…
Akila says
Truely very inviting
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Priya R says
Delectable indian favorite 🙂 i love the addition of khoya takes this sweet to a different level.. yummm
Rashida Shaikh says
It looks good.