Gajar ka halwa (carrot halwa)
A delicious and easy recipe Indian pudding that's made with winter carrots and milk in ghee - garnished with cashews and almonds you won't be able to stop at one serving of this dessert!
Equipment
- Shallow cooking pot
Ingredients
- 750 g red Indian carrots
- 750 ml whole/full fat milk
- ¾ cup sugar
- 3-4 tbsp ghee
- 2 tsp cardamom powder
- 3-4 tbsp raisins soaked in water
- 3-4 tbsp almonds slivered
- 3-4 tbsp pistachios sliced
Instructions
- Heat the ghee, over medium flame, until it melts and add the grated carrots. Mix well and cook for 3-4 minutes and then pour in the milk
- Mix evenly and simmer until the carrots are throughly cooked and the milk has almost dried up - should take about 40-45 minutes. Keep stirring intermittently, to prevent the milk or carrots sticking to the pot
- Add the sugar and mix well and cook until the halwa has soaked up all the liquid from the sugar. Switch the flame off add the cardamom powder, raisins and nuts and mix well
- You can serve this delicious gajar ka halwa both, warm and chilled, but do remember to garnish it with more nuts. Enjoy!
Notes
- Before grating the carrots, trim the crown and the bottom of each of them, also wash and peel them
- g - grams
- ml - millilitres
- 1 cup = 250 millilitres