Desi Gajar/ Red Carrot Halwa

Name: How to cook Desi Gajar/ Red Carrot Halwa - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 5-6 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Jibita Khanna

Desi Gajar/ Red Carrot Halwa

#cday Winter is especially the time to relish Gajar Halwa with Desi Gajar / Red carrot. Children loves this Halwa and it's best way to make them have carrot.....so a special treat on Children's Day ! Taste good when still warm. Warm it while serving if its kept in the refrigerator. Can have it like a dessert or with Puri too, the combi is great. This is my simplest way and less ingredients recipe to make delicious Desi Gajar Halwa. Note: If you like, you can add mawa/ khoya made from fresh milk and garnish with it too but I added milk powder and cooked in a litre of Full cream milk so skipped Mawa. If you desire you can fry and add the cashew nuts but I skipped it. No need to add food color, as the milk evaporates the halwa will get its lovely orange color. Gross weight of Carrot taken is 1 kg (÷/- )

Ingredient

Food ration :

5-6 servings

Cooking time :

1 hr -1:30 hr

650 gms

(net wt) Peeled and grated Desi Gajar or Red Carrot

100-150 gms

Desi Ghee

1 tsp

Green Cardamom Seeds Powder

1 litre

Full Cream Milk

4 tbsps

Milk Powder

30 gms

Cashewnuts (whole or chopped)

210-225 gms

or as per taste Condensed Milk

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

In a pot, put the grated carrot, add Desi Ghee and mix well. Put it on the flame and saute it for 5-10 minutes. Add milk and let it come to boil and cook, in between add in the Cardamom seeds powder & milk powder too and mix well, cook till the milk reduces by more than 50%. Add in the condensed milk and cook further for another half an hour or so, till all the moisture/ milk reduces and the ghee starts separating from the halwa. In the process of cooking, add in the cashew nuts too. Serve warm.