Description
Gajar Halwa is a gluten-free delicious Indian pudding or dessert prepared with grated carrots, khoya (evaporated milk), milk and sugar, ready in only 10 minutes – an instant pressure cooker recipe.
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Ingredients
- 500 gram carrots
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup water (room temperature)
- 100 grams mawa (khoya) crumbled
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
- 2 tablespoons mix dryfruits (almonds, cashews, pistachios and raisins sliced) to garnish
Instructions
- First, wash and peel the carrots. Grate the carrots using the big holes grater.
- Add grated carrots in a pressure cooker with ½ cup of water. Add sugar on top. Do not mix it. Cook on low flame until a whistle comes up. After a whistle, turn off the flame. Release the steam manually from the cooker.
- Now heat a deep bottomed heavy kadhai or pan. Transfer the cooked carrots to the kadhai with ½ cup of milk. Set on low flame. Start stirring the carrots until all the moisture is absorbed and also start leaving the sides of the pan.
- Now add cardamom powder and crumbled mawa/khoya. Mix all together nicely. Keep stirring frequently for the next 5-10 minutes till the khoya is not nicely combined. Turn off the flame.
- Garnish carrot halwa with sliced pistachios and almonds. If you like, you can fry sliced dry fruits in a tablespoon of ghee to garnishing the halwa.
- Finally, serve gajar halwa chilled or warm.
Notes
- To make this Gajar Halwa, use fresh, juicy and tender carrots.
- Make sure use always big holes grater to grate the carrots either using the hand-held grater or box grater and a food processor. In-fact, food processor makes the job easier to grate the carrots.
- Avoid storing grated carrots in a plastic bag or openly for long time duration. It might turn black.
- This carrot halwa stays good in the fridge for almost about a week.
- Keep stirring in between to prevent from burning.
- Also adjust the amount of sugar-based on the sweetness of the carrot.
- Add khoya (mawa) at the end of the cooking process, until the carrots starts drying out
- Cuisine: Indian
Keywords: Carrot Halwa Recipe, Easy Gajar Halwa Recipe, Gajar ka halwa in pressure cooker