Carrot Sweetmeat

Name: Carrot Sweetmeat (Gaajar Ka Halwa)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves: 5-6 persons
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Pistachios; 2 tbsp Almonds; A few drops of Kewra Essence; ½ cup Khoya (sweetened curdled milk, optional); ½ cup Khoya (sweetened curdled milk, optional); 5-6 Green Cardamoms; ¾ cup Oil/Ghee; ¾ cup Oil/Ghee; 1 litre Whole Milk; 2 cups Sugar; 1 kg Carrots (peeled and grated)

Gaajar Ka Halwa

Preparation info

Serves:
5-6
persons

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

VIRSA

By Shehar Bano Rizvi

Published 2021

About

Gaajar ka halwa is a very famous and loved traditional carrot dessert. It is essentially a winter dessert, as carrots are a winter crop in the Indian subcontinent.

Ingredients

1 kg Carrots (peeled and grated)
2 cups Sugar
1

Dessert
Winter
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Boil carrots in milk, and cook covered on medium heat until half the liquid evaporates.

Add sugar and cook until the liquid completely evaporates.

In a separate pan, add ghee and fry the green cardamoms.

Add to the cooked carrots and fry for another 20 minutes.

Add khoya, green cardamoms and fry until the oil separates (bhunai).

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