How To Prepare Carrot Halwa Recipe

Carrot halwa is a classic sweet dish from indian cuisine made with carrot, sugar, cardamom powder and milk

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Ingredients for carrot halwa

.1/2kg carrot

.1/2liter milk

.1/2cup Sugar

.4cardamom

.2tbsp ghee or butter

Optional ingredients

.15mixed nuts cashew, pista and almonds

.2tbsp raisins

How to make the recipe

Preparation for carrot halwa

1.Wash carrot under running water peel them

2.Grate them in a food processor or with a hand grater

3.Dry roast nuts on a low heat until crunchy cool and chop them

4.Alternately chop the nuts first and fry them in 1tbsp ghee until slightly golden

5.Then add raisins and fry until they plump up remove to a plate

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How to make carrot halwa

1.Next bring milk to a boil in a heavy bottom pot or deep pan

2.Add grated carrots and cook on a medium heat stirring often

3.Do not leave the pot unattended as the milk will get scorched

4.When the milk has completely evaborated add sugar and stir well

5.Sugar will release lot of moisture and will make the entire carrot halwa gooey

6.Cook until half the moisture evaporates then stir in the ghee

7.Saute the carrot halwa well in ghee until the moisture evaporates completely

8.When it is done carrot halwa turnes aromatic and thickens

9.Sprinkle the cardamom powder

10.Garnish carrot halwa with nuts serve warm or chilled with ice cream

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