Carrot Halwa is an Indian dessert served hot or cold. The word Halwa means 'Sweet'. I am not a great fan of carrots but I love this dessert ! It is quick to prepare and tastes delish. You can replace carrots with beetroot, it's called beetroot halwa. Which is equally delish!Ingredients:
I only had 1 cup of carrots leftover for my halwa. Please adjust the quantity as per the ratio.
Shredded carrot - 1 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Sugar- 3/4 cup
Whole Cashews - 2 tbsp
Cardamom powder - pinch
Unsalted butter - 2tbsp
Salt- a pinch!
Preparation:
Heat a wide pan with 2 tbsp butter and add the cashews, fry it for a minute.
Add the shredded carrots and fry for 2 mins.
Mix the cup of milk and allow the carrots to cook in milk, give it a stir every 2 mins.
Add the sugar , salt and cardamom powder. Cook till all the milk gets absorbed.
The halwa wont stick at the bottom due the added butter, in this stage you can turn off the heat and transfer the halwa to different vessel. Else, the halwa will gets burnt at the bottom cause of the remaining heat from the pan. Serve chilled or hot.
Carrots for dessert! Now that's interesting and it does look wonderful. Bookmarked!
ReplyDeleteI love carrot halwa. I often make it with rice or almond milk.
ReplyDeleteSo many delicious recipes here!
Yummy carrot halwa Ann... I always pressure cook grated carrots with milk to save time...but i know it tastes better when cooked slowly..
ReplyDeleteVrinda - Thats really a tip! Thanks will try that next time.
ReplyDeleteAnn, I've never had this. I'm going to put it on my "to try" list. You have a lovely blog. I'll be back often.
ReplyDeleteAnn I did make the paneer again (last night) and it worked! I'm making the paneer peas curry tonight.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting dish, and thank you for explaining what halwa means in the first place. The color must be especially gorgeous with the use of beets!
ReplyDeletecarrot halwa looks delicious dear. Tempting me:)
ReplyDeleteMary - Thanks for visiting the blog and your kind words.
ReplyDeleteRowena - I'm glad paneer turned out great for you with the fresh milk :) and yes, the beets gives awesome color to the halwa
ReplyDeleteThanks Viki!
ReplyDeleteYum! This looks really good and I bet the hint of cardamon gives it a wonderful flavour and aroma.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeena
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for this recipe, I've been looking for more Indian desserts and this sounds and looks great and tasty!
ReplyDeleteHey Ann, I'm back! Oh, never knew carrot halwa (although I know halwa - which we call helva here hehe). Interesting post, before I just thought the only sweet carrot would be featured in was cake.
ReplyDeleteCarrot halwa looks super delicious.
ReplyDeleteHiya Ozge - Thanks for the feedback. lately tried the greek Yogurt.. it was Yum! Thanks to you :)
ReplyDeleteAnita - Thanks for your feedback
Malar - Thanks
sooo yummy!
ReplyDeleteWow i love carrot halwa, i sometimes add little vanilla essence as a twist :)
ReplyDeleteyummy yummy.....scrumptious
ReplyDeletegosh, this looks fantastic! i'm going to have to try this one :)
ReplyDeleteThis is so yummy. I used to eat this stuff when I was a kid and poojas. With puris. Unfortunately those days were sacrificed to my never-ending diet.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this could be made healthier by using skim milk and splenda. Do you think it would work?
Thanks Happy Tummy and Mehak :)
ReplyDeleteMehak - You can sure use skim milk or fat free half and Half :) with Stevia(It's healthy natural sweet than artifical Zero calorie sweetner)