Sweet, inviting, and made for sharing, carrot halwa recipe | gajar halwa recipe | gajar ka halwa banane ki vidhi is a vegetarian Indian sweet made with carrot, ghee / clarified butter, and cashew / kaju in about 60 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
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.
