Doesn’t it look delicious? I love gajar halwa. Actually I love most of sweets and desserts. My mom used to make this in winters as carrots are winter vegetable. Although now it is available in big stores all the times, but its grown in winter season. So I used wait whole year so that we could eat this yummy sweet in winter.
This recipe is very simple, although the real one, which my mummy used make is quite time consuming. But here I am making it easy way.
Ingredients:
1. Sweetened condensed milk – 7oz
2. Carrots, washed and grated – 2 oz.
3. Clarified butter/Pure Ghee – 3Tbsp
4. Whole green Cardamon- 3
5. Almonds, cut into halfs – 2 tbsp + for garnishing(chopped)
6. Pistachios(optional) – 1 tbsp
7. few Cashew nuts
8. Milk – 2/3 cup
Method:
1. In a wok(wide open kadhai/pan) , add ghee and cardamons. Break the cardamons before adding. Also add almonds. Roast these for few mins and add grated carrots.
2. Cover the wok with lid and let it cook for 10 mins. Stir the carrots every 2 mins.
3. Now when you can smell the aroma of cardamons and carrots, add the milk and condensed milk. Mix this well and cover the wok again.
4. Keep stirring and let it cook for approx 20 mins or until the milk becomes thick and no water or left out. Also keep checking if the carrots are cooked properly or not. It should take about 20 to 25 mins.
5. Once whole water content is evaporated, your halwa is ready to be served. Garnish it with cashews and almonds and serve it hot.
Note: If you think its not as sweet as it should be, add some sugar to it. And its too sweet, more milk can added.
My mom used to make it only with milk. It used to take 2 to 3 hours to cook this halwa as you need to cook it until whole water is evaporated and dry and thick milk(called Khoya) is left out. In that case you need to add sugar also. And nothing can taste better than a dessert made of Khoya.
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