May 13, 2008

Carrot Halwa / Gajar ka halwa

Searching for recipes as to what to make for RCI:Rajasthan, I found dishes which were tedious to prepare and they were already prepared by fellow bloggers..Searching for dessert recipes I landed upon this Carrot Halwa which is famous in many parts of North India especially in Rajasthan..It tasted really too good and I had it with Vanilla Icecream which was heavenly..
Here goes the recipe for Carrot Halwa which can be relished either hot or cold.

                        

Ingredients

Shredded carrot - 2 cups
Milk - 1 1/2 cup
Sugar - 1/4 cup
Cardamom powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Unsalted butter/ghee - 4 tablespoons
Cashews and raisins to garnish

Directions

Roast the cashews and raisins in a little ghee and keep it aside.
Boil the milk until it gets reduced to half.This should be done in medium high heat for about 8 to 9 minutes stirring occasionally so that it does not stick to the pan.
In a nonstick pan melt the butter and stir fry the shredded carrot on medium heat for about 5 to 6 minutes so that the carrots leave the raw smell and slightly change the colour..Take care the carrots do not get burnt.
Add the evaporated milk and cook for about 10 minutes until the milk gets completely absorbed.
Add the sugar and stir well.Cook for 3 more minutes and add the cardamom powder and cook till the halwa starts leaving the sides of the pan and the ghee starts oozing out.
Garnish with the roasted cashews and raisins.

                          

Sending this to RCI:Rajasthan hosted by Padmaja

34 comments:

  1. tasty tasty halwa.....yesterday I made dudhi ka halwa.

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  2. looks yummy, divya! i generally dont like halwas, but could always eat a bite or two of my aunt's carrot halwa! :-)

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  3. Hi Divya Halwa is looking sooo delicious.I generally dont add condensed or evaporated milk.Might taste heavenly including this.Nice entry

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  4. Good one Divya. We also like it a lot. Hot carrot halwa with cold vanilla ice cream, sema combination. If you don't know already, you can also prepare red pumpkin halwa the same method that tastes divine too.

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  5. Looks delicious Divya ur Gajar Halwa, all time favorite sweet..

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  6. delicious halwa! lovely entry Divya!

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  7. Hi Divya....
    This is a lovely recipe... looks YUM!.... I have also posted gajar ka halwa long back in a post.... loved urs...

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  8. man, anything for gajar ka halwa! looks awesome Dhivya! hope you can find some time to cook for monthly mingle:)

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  9. Looks very delicious... I love them

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  10. looks delicious...long time I made this...

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  11. Nice one & real yummy too.. long since i made it.. thanks for reminding me of a forgotten dessert!! :-)

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  12. WOW what a coincidence I Just made carrot halwa and came across your blog saw halwa here. one of my fav and yours look perfect and delicious.

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  13. One of my favorite desserts!! I make it pretty similarly to this as well. Looks wonderful! :)

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  14. Hi Divya, Just returning your visit at our blog. So your blog also aims to reach the heart through the stomach eh, since your husband seems to be playing a major role in your blog definition :)? Your carrot halwa looks delicious...though we still have to wait for months before the red carrots arrive here in Chennai!
    I like your blog name - Dil Se :).

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  15. Hi Divya, Just returning your visit at our blog. So your blog also aims to reach the heart through the stomach eh, since your husband seems to be playing a major role in your blog definition :)? Your carrot halwa looks delicious...though we still have to wait for months before the red carrots arrive here in Chennai!
    I like your blog name - Dil Se :).

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  16. Something is waiting for you on my blog. Go Pick up. Hope you like it.

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  17. Nice entry, Divya....me too like carrot halwa hot or cold...

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  18. Hey Divya V, the halwa is inviting me! Love it!! Thks for sharing the same! Droolinnnng!

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  19. carrot halwas is one of my favourite and urs looks yummy..Lovely Entry for RCI

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  20. Hummmm, Gajar ka halwa, wow looks awesome and yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!Sweet enrty..

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  21. gajar ka halwa... and its summer here... it looks sooo yummm divyaa,...

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  22. My fav among sweets...missing those red carrots that we got in winters

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  23. I made it last week too, love the color and the taste!:)

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  24. ooo my!!love gajar ka halwa especially my mom's...missing it so much now:(....urs look realllly delcious....

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  25. wow!! its very tempting....I made them long back...now after seeing ur ictures iam goin to do it today ;)

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  26. I just can't have enough of gajar halwa in winters. And you make it just like my mom does :)

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  27. gajar halwa is an alltime favorite....my MIL also uses condensed milk sometimes since we dont get the kind of carrots we get in India

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  28. This is my all time Fav....seeing urs reminded me to make some...i was drooling :)

    As for the Recipe Marathon, all you have to do is:

    1. Post Recipes everyday from 17th to 31st (anything damn simple to hard..whatever u can but it should be a recipe )

    2. mention the word: Recipe Marathon in your post

    3. Will let you know who all are into this Marathon by 17th... You have to link their sites with your day's posts , so that we all know abt others. ( or u can simply copy the links from our posts ;) makes ur life easier )

    4. Siri will put your post link into the forum under the specific category it fits in..

    Have fun posting recipes...Thats what precisely you have to do :)

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  29. That halwa looks so rich and delicious!!

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  30. hi ur recipe is too good.
    plz visit my cooking site also
    http://abomdyal.googlepages.com/

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  31. I like carrot kalwa. Usually we will order it from our local Indian restaurant. The price is very reasonable, therefore no body in household bother to learn the skill from mum. I just purchased a murukku maker, anyone have good recipe for me to try?

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  32. wow beautiful i fallowed u r recipe it came really gud thanks for sharing such a nice recipe.......

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