Recipe: Yummy Gajar ka Halwa

Gajar ka Halwa.

You can cook Gajar ka Halwa using 8 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Gajar ka Halwa

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

Gajar ka Halwa instructions

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..