Easiest Way to Make Favorite Gajar (Carrot) Halwa with Coconut

Gene Carr   02/08/2020 05:11

Gajar (Carrot) Halwa with Coconut
Gajar (Carrot) Halwa with Coconut

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, gajar (carrot) halwa with coconut. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Carrot Halwa is a very famous and traditional Indian dessert. There are many variations of making carrot halwa like carrot halwa with khoya and condensed milk carrot halwa. This is another variation with coconut milk.

Gajar (Carrot) Halwa with Coconut is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Gajar (Carrot) Halwa with Coconut is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have gajar (carrot) halwa with coconut using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Gajar (Carrot) Halwa with Coconut:
  1. Make ready 2 Cups Carrot (finely grated)
  2. Prepare 2 Cups coconut milk (preferably thick)
  3. Take 1/4 Cup brown sugar
  4. Take 1/2 Teaspoon Cardamom Ground
  5. Prepare 15 Cashews
  6. Make ready 30 Raisins
  7. Get 1 Tablespoon coconut oil
  8. Get 1/8 Teaspoon Salt

Authentic carrot halwa involves cooking grated carrots with milk and ghee. It is flavored with cardamom and saffron. The traditional recipe is heavily dependent on dairy like ghee, milk, and khoya to make gajar halwa. May serve with additional dessert cream.

Instructions to make Gajar (Carrot) Halwa with Coconut:
  1. Grate carrots (2 or 3) with fine grater/zester.
  2. Heat coconut oil with medium high heat. Once oil is hot but not smoking, add cashews.
  3. Flip cashews and remove from pan once both sides are browned (about 1 minute).
  4. Once cashews are removed from pan, add raisins and cook for a minute or two.
  5. Remove raisins from pan and set aside with cashews.
  6. Add grated carrots and stir in coconut oil for a few seconds. Pour in coconut milk and cook on high heat.
  7. Once carrot and coconut mixture starts to bubble, mix in cardamom and brown sugar and turn heat to medium. Stir occasionally.
  8. Once the coconut milk has been absorbed/evaporated (may take a while depending on amount of liquid), turn the heat down and cook for a few minutes more, stirring/flipping carrot occasionally.
  9. Turn off the heat and mix the cashews and raisins into the carrot mixture.

Gajar Halwa (or Carrot Pudding) is an aromatic & delicious Indian dessert made by cooking grated carrots with milk, sugar, cardamoms, almonds & raisins. It is very easy to make this delicious dish in an Instant Pot. Gajar Halwa (Carrot Halwa), an epitome of finest Indian sweets, is a delicious dessert prepared from carrot and milk. This recipe uses full cream milk to make halwa which is not overly sweet. The ghee and cardamom powder gives it an unparalleled aroma and rich texture.

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