Gajar ka halwa quick recipe, carrot halwa, gajar ka halwa without mawa
Gajar ka halwa, carrot pudding, gajar halwa recipe also known as gajorer halua, gajrela, gajar pak, and carrot halwa is a carrot-based sweet dessert pudding is an excellent Indian dessert made from carrots, milk or khoya ghee and sugar, cardamom and then cooking while stirring regularly. It is often served with a garnish of almonds and pistachios. The dessert is traditionally eaten during all of the festivals in India, mainly on the occasion of Diwali, Holi, Eid al-Fitr and Raksha Bandhan. It is served hot during the winter.
Ingredients
- ½ kg Carrots
- 1 cup Fresh cream (200ml)
- 100 gms powdered Sugar (as per your taste)
- 8-10 nos. chopped Almonds
- 12-15 nos. Raisins
- ½ teaspoon Cardamom powder
- 1 tablespoon Ghee
- ¼ teaspoon Nutmeg (Jaifal) powder (1 pinch)
Instructions
- First clean and wash the Carrots. Peel off the skin and grate it.
- Heat the ghee in a pan/ kadhai on medium flame and add grated carrots to it and shake it with a spoon and cover it for 5 minutes and cook.
- After 5 minutes, open the lid and add powdered sugar and mix it well. A lot of the juice must have come out of the carrot, cook it by continuously stirring it with a spoon until the juice is reduced.
- When the juice is reduced from the carrots, then add fresh cream to it and stir it continuously with a spoon until the halwa is thick.
- Add cardamom powder and nutmeg powder to it.
- Cover it for 2-3 minutes and cook.
- When halwa starts getting thick, then add chopped almonds and raisins to it and mix it well. Keep stirring constantly until halwa starts leave sides of kadhai and oozing ghee out.
- Our delicious Gajar ka halwa is now ready to serve. Serve hot or cold as you like.Garnish it with chopped almonds and cherry.
Notes
1 - Do not use the center's yellow portion of carrot while grating carrots.
2 - If you like, you can use khoya along with fresh cream for a good taste of halwa.
3 - Vanilla essence is optional, but it makes the taste of halwa even better.
4 - If you want to use condensed milk in halwa then use 1/4 cup condensed milk in 2 cups grated carrots is sufficient.
5 - While cooking the halwa, do not thicken it completely.
6 - If you want to use khoya in it then add 1/4 cup khoya (mawa) to 2 cups grated carrots.