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WOH HAI GAJAR KA HALWA!
Gajar halwa, gajrela, gajar pak, and carrot halwa – many names, one delectable dessert. We are talking about the famous gajar ka halwa recipe, a dessert so famous in the northern region of India, that one cannot imagine any winter without it. The way the flavours of dry fruits and carrots melt in your mouth, and the warmth offered by the milk make this a dessert that one can never have enough of.
The word Halwa originates from the word Halw in Arabic. The word means sweet and Halwa came to India via Persia. The method of making halwa, however, is rooted in the Ottoman Empire. In fact, the longest reigning Sultan was so fond of desserts that there was a kitchen for desserts like Halwa alone! While halwa is made in a whole lot of different ways, the gajar ka halwa was a result of experiments with carrots to make a dessert in Punjab.
If the taste is not reason enough for you to sample this dessert, then here are some scientific facts for you too! Carrots have Vitamin A in the form of beta carotene. This antioxidant strengthens our immunity and helps in fighting off infections. The milk and spices as well as the dry fruits also come with their own set of goodness. Now that you have taste plus science as proof.
The Gajar ka Halwa recipe is a great dessert recipe to try and relish with your loved ones this Ramadan.
It is a delicious delight during the winter months. Prepare this delicious dessert for special occasions. Ingredients of Gajar Ka Halwa Recipe: Grated carrots, milk, sugar and nuts are stirred and cooked together. Whole lot of nuts make this a great choice to fulfill those post meal dessert cravings.
Making the popular Indian dessert known as Carrot Halwa (Gajar Ka Halwa in Hindi or Gajrela in Punjabi) is so simple, tasty and healthy.
Carrot halwa is a popular sweet made in North India, and it is especially popular during winters.
Talk about halwa and the only name that comes to everyones mind in winters is - Gajar Ka Halwa. It is a slow-cooked carrot halwa or pudding that finds prominence in all kinds of occasions and festivals. If you are also planning to make this delicacy for your loved ones, then you must try this recipe that explains its procedure in 3 easy steps. In fact, it is so simple and delicious to make that one does not require a celebration to make it.
When you delve into the dish history, you would realize that the main ingredients were always high-fat milk, sugar, cardamon, saffron and nuts for garnishing. But over time, just like everything else, this too has evolved with many chefs creating their own variants.
It is luxurious, rich, creamy taste will drool your taste buds and you will not stop eating it.
Gajar ka Halwa is a popular dessert to serve at weddings and parties. It is considered a winter dessert due to the abundance of carrots available in the winter season.
Ingredients for Gajar Ka Halwa
Steps for Gajar Ka Halwa
Gajar Ka Halwa
Ingredients
1 litre Milk
1 kg Carrot
150 gms of Sugar
4 to 5 tablespoon Clarified Butter Ghee
1 teaspoon Cardamom Powder
Dryfruits
Steps
Take a heavy bottom non-stick wide pan, apply a little ghee with the help of a brush to the sides and bottom of the pan. We are going to boil the milk in this pan.
Heat the pan add 1 litre milk by keeping half cup of milk aside from it, let the milk come to a boil on low flame. Keep stirring in between 2-3 minutes as cream should not be formed. You have to keep boiling the milk on low flame till it reduces to 50%.
By the time the milk is boiling, wash 1 kg of carrots, peel them and chop into small pieces. Here we are not grating the carrots as they take a lot of time and hard work this is an easy way to make this halwa.
Heat 2-3 tbsp of ghee in a pressure cooker add the chopped pieces of carrots, fry the carrots in ghee on high flame for 5 minutes keep stirring. After 5 minutes add half cup of milk that you have kept aside to the carrots and half tsp cardamom powder, keep half tsp cardamom powder for later use.
Mix all the ingredients well, and then pressure cook it for 3-4 whistles on low flame.
Keep checking and stirring the boiling milk till it reduces to half the quantity.
After 3-4 whistles are done off the flame, let it rest for 10 minutes, then open the lid of the pressure cooker and check the carrots. When soft mash it with a masher to make a smooth mixture of cooked carrots.
When the milk is boiled to half, add these mashed carrots to the milk and mix it well. Cook it on low flame, add 150 gms of sugar mix it well till the sugar melts, add 2 tbsp of ghee and let it cook on low flame till all the milk in the halwa dries up.
Then add some chopped dryfuits, half tsp cardamom powder, mix it well.
If you feel the halwa is little dry add some more ghee and mix it till the ghee us absorbed then off the flame.
Serve it hot or cold as you like.
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Tips to make Gajar ka Halwa *Make sure to not leave any lumps while you grate the carrots. The finer the better it is. *Make sure that you keep the flame low at all times. This is a dessert that is best cooked at its own pace. *Keep it only as long as the milk dries up. Do not heat it until it burns. *Always use full cream milk or whole milk for making Gajar Ka Halwa. *Also, make sure that you use red carrots while making this dessert. *Using good quality carrots work best when making Gajar Ka Halwa. *Also, adding a bit of khoya increases the flavour of this amazing dessert
