Gajar Ka Halwa | Carrot Dessert || How to Make gajar ka halwa with step-by-step photos...
Gajar ka halwa is a combination of nuts, milk, sugar, ghee, and khoya with grated carrot, It is a light nutritious dessert with less fat than many other typical Pakistani desserts, Gajar Halwa is a delicious and mouthwatering dessert that is called the gift of winter.
All over the world south Asians living they love to eat this yummy and sweet dish, in winter events whether being a wedding ceremony, function, or birthday gajar halwa is served as a sweet dish in Pakistan., It is truly a delight and fabulous dessert that you wanna have in the whole winter season, main ingredients are carrots and dry fruits with khoya and desi ghee
I used homemade desi ghee you can use any type of regular ghee or store-bought desi ghee,. I will be going to share the desi ghee recipe with my readers
So let’s begin.
Recipe tips:
Recipe tips:
- If you are using sweet seasonal carrots then you don’t need to add more sugar to the halwa because gajar is already sweetened
- Mainly gajar ka halwa is a lightly sweet dessert
- Cook halwa in desi ghee to get an awesome taste
- Use red carrots rather than oranges in cooking halwa
- You can vary with various types of dry fruits as well like cashews, coconuts, and walnuts
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To prepare gajar ka halwa first thoroughly rinse all carrots peel and grate them set aside
Boil the fresh milk and set aside
Boil the water in a saucepan put almond and pistachio in it, leave it in hot water for 2-3 minutes then skin off them keep aside
Place grated carrots into a pot, add milk, stir well, cover and then boil until carrots are soft
Heat the ghee in a separate pot or pan and sauté green cardamom pods for 10-20 seconds until fragrant.
Cook the
carrots with sugar on low-medium heat. Keep stirring until the color changes.
Combine half the khoya and dry fruits with the halwa and mix
Transfer it to the serving dish
Gajar ka halwa is ready to hot serve...
Gajar
Ka Halwa is a
combination of nuts, milk, sugar, ghee, and khoya with grated carrot
Ingredients:
- 1 kg, carrot grated
- 112g/1 cup, sugar or to taste
- 200g, instant Khoya
- 150g, desi ghee/regular ghee
- 25g, almond peeled
- 25g, pistachio peeled
- 500g, of fresh milk
- 3-4 pods, green cardamom
How to make Gajar ka Halwa?
Preparation for Gajar Halwa: To prepare carrot halwa, rinse, peel, and grate the carrots. Set aside. Boil the fresh milk and set aside, Put almonds and pistachios in hot water and leave for 2-3 minutes. Remove skin and set aside.
Boiling peeled and grated carrots: Place grated carrots into a pot, add milk, stir well, cover, and then boil until carrots are soft, Cook on medium flame until the liquid is evaporated, Once the carrots are boiled turn off the flame
Cooking gajar ka halwa: Heat the ghee in a separate pot or pan and sauté green cardamom pods for 10-20 seconds until fragrant. Stir in the boiled carrots and mix well over medium heat. Keep stirring for 5-6 minutes and then add sugar. Mix everything again until well combined.
Cook the carrots with sugar on low-medium heat. Keep stirring until the color changes. Combine half the khoya and dry fruits with the halwa and mix, Once gajar halwa leaves the base of the pot switch off the flame and remove it from the stove, Transfer it to the serving dish and Garnish gajar halwa with the remaining khoya and dry fruits
Serving tips: Gajar ka halwa is ready to hot serve with lemon tea or green tea or ginger qehwa
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