easy carrot halwa recipe | gajar halwa recipe | gajar ka halwa banane ki vidhi
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 15 minutes
- Cook time: 45 minutes
- Total time: 60 minutes
- Yield: 1 box
- Category: sweet
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 1 kg carrot
- ¼ cup ghee / clarified butter
- 10 cashew / kaju (chopped)
- 10 almonds / badam (chopped)
- 3 cup milk
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ cup khoya / mawa
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
Method
- firstly, peel the skin of carrot and grate finely. keep aside. traditionally, delhi carrot is used to prepare halwa.
- in a large kadai heat ¼ cup ghee and fry 10 cashew, 10 almonds.
- fry until it turns golden brown. keep aside.
- in the same ghee add grated carrot and saute well.
- saute for 5 minutes or until it changes colour slightly.
- now pour 3 cup milk and give a good stir.
- boil for 10 minutes stirring occasionally.
- continue to boil until the carrots are cooked well and milk reduces.
- once the milk thickens completely, add ¾ cup sugar.
- mix well and cook until the sugar dissolves and thickens.
- cook until the halwa thickens and ghee releases from sides.
- now turn off the flame and ½ cup khoya, ¼ tsp cardamom powder and fried nuts.
- mix well making sure everything is well combined.
- finally, enjoy gajar ka halwa or carrot halwa chilled or warm.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.