Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, gajar ka halwa. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Gajar ka Halwa is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Gajar ka Halwa is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have gajar ka halwa using 8 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Gajar ka Halwa:

1. Make ready 500 gm Carrots
2. Take 1/4 Beetroot (totally optional)
3. Prepare 150 ml Milk
4. Get 100 gm Sugar
5. Prepare 150 gm Milk Powder or 250 gm Khoya (Mawa)
6. Get 50 ml Clarified butter (Desi Ghee)
7. Prepare 4 Green cardamom 4 or if using cardamom powder then 1/4 tsp
8. Prepare 3-4 tbsp chopped nuts of choice

Here is a quick and tasty version of Gajar ka Halwa made using the pressure cooker. 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. Gajar ka halwa is a delicious mouth watering sweet dish prepared by carrot and milk especially in Indian subcontinent.

Steps to make Gajar ka Halwa:

1. Wash, clean & grate the carrots. No need to grate them very finely.
2. Add finely grated beetroot for a nice colour. Avoid it if you don’t like or if you have red carrots.
3. Add milk, cook covered for 20 minutes.
4. After 20 minutes add half of the clarified butter & cook for 2 minutes on medium heat, stirring constantly.
5. Gradually add milk powder & ensure that there are no lumps in the halwa.
6. Add sugar & mix well. Now it would release some water
7. Stir it on medium/high heat till the halwa dries.
8. Add the remaining clarified butter & mix well.
9. Stir for 2 minutes on medium/high heat.
10. Add cardamom powder & mix well.
11. Add nuts of your choice & serve warm.

Its very easy to prepare and cook however it takes little bit of time to cook. Gajar Halwa is made in north India only during winters. The reason is that it is made using the fresh red carrots that we get in winters in Delhi. So during winters if you go to anyone's house in Delhi. Carrot Halwa (Gajar Ka Halwa) - Carrot Halwa is one traditional North Indian dessert that is made during festivals, weddings and every special occasion.

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