Gajar Ka Halwa with Khoya Recipe
Grated carrots, milk, sugar, and khoya are the main ingredients of the popular Indian winter dessert, Gajar Ka Halwa with Khoya Recipe.
Yield: 10 servings
Materials
- 500 gms Carrot
- 1 liter Milk
- 50 gms Khoya or Mawa (Milk Solids) grated
- ⅔ cup Sugar Adjust as per your taste bud
- 8-10 nos Cashew Nuts
- 8-10 nos Raisins
- 2-3 tablespoon Ghee (Clarified Butter)
Instructions
- Boil milk in a heavy bottomed vessel until it is reduced to ⅔ of its original volume.
- Peel the carrots and grate them. Leave the grated carrot aside for 30 minutes.
- Dry roast the cashew nuts in ghee and keep them aside.
- Now heat ghee in a wok and add the grated carrots. Fry them for 5-8 minutes and put the cardamom powder.
- Then add the reduced milk and cook under slow flame until the milk evaporates. Keep on stirring in between to avoid sticking to the pan.
- Now add the sugar and grated khoya. Allow to mix them evenly with other ingredients while continuously stirring it.
- Switch off the gas before the halwa dries up completely. Add the raisins and roasted cashew nuts. Serve it either hot or cool.