Friday, February 22, 2013

Carrot Halwa

Dear Friends

It is one of the best desserts and goes great with kids.It is best ever eaten  along with ice cream :)




Ingredients:

  • 1 Cup grated Carrots
  • 1/2 Cup sugar or sweetended condensed milk
  • 1 1/2 Cup Milk
  • 1/2 Tsp Cardamom powder
  • 1/4 Cup ghee
  • 2 Tablespoons Ghee for Frying
  • A handful of Cashew nuts and/or pistachios or silvered almonds
  • 1/2 Cup of Raisins(optional)

Method:


Step 1:

Put nuts and pistachios into a bowl.

Step 2:

In a small saucepan,Add the ghee on medium heat..

Step 3:

Add raisins.and fry until it is golden.Transfer it into the bowl.

Step 4:

Take a frying pan,add 2 Tablespoons of ghee and add the  carrots  on medium heat and cook till the raw smell goes.

Step 5:

Add the cashew nuts into the remaining ghee and fry until it is brown in color. Keep the fried nuts/raisins aside.

Step 6:

Add Sugar to the carrot mixture on medium heat.

Step 7:

Mix well and allow it to cook.

Step 8:

Allow the milk to boil in a separate sauce pan on medium heat.

Step 9:

Add the ghee roasted carrots sugar mixture to the boiling milk on simmering heat.Let it boil while stirring continuously until the milk gets evaporated and it is thickened

Step 10:

.Add cardamom powder and let it stir for about few minutes or until it is semi dry. Switch off the heat.Add roasted cashew nuts/pistachios and raisins.mix well.


Step 11:

Allow the carrot halwa to cool once.

Step 12:
It is best to serve it along with any flavor of ice cream or eat it as an dessert :)














Enjoy!!!


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3 comments:

  1. Delicious Halwa.. Love to have it with vanilla ice cream

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  2. very mouth watering halwa!!! making me drool!!Thanks for sending this yummy recipe to my event.. Looking for more yummy recipes...

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