Instant And Delicious Carrot Halwa Without Mawa ( Halwai jaisa Swadist gajar ka halwa )

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Namaskar....

I am Sangeeta Agarwal and heartily welcome you at my food blog.

# "Carrot halwa" is a  very delicious dish in the winter season. Its colour and taste is so nice that all people want to enjoy it .

# Carrots are sweet, tasty and highly nutritious. They are rich in vitamins, minerals and fiber. It is a good source of vitamin A.and beta-carotene ..so very beneficial for eye sight.

# Carrot is a perfect healthy and delicious food so we prepare many dishes, curries, cake, Barfi and pickles from it.
"Carrot Halwa" is one of the most delicious dishes or desserts in Indian cuisine.

# Prep Time..20 minutes
# Cook Time...35 minutes
# serving....10

#  Ingredients For Carrot Halwa...

1.Red Carrot.... 2 kg 250 gram
2. Sugar.....300 gram
3. Milk...50 ml.
4. Deshi ghee...2 Table spoon
5. Cardamom powder...1/2 tea spoon
6. Raisins...25 or 30
7. Chopped cashew...15 to 20
8.  Fresh cream...300 gram ...a big bowl ( ghar ke doodh ki malai )

# Method Of Making...

1. Firstly wash the carrots well.
Then peel them with a peeler and keep them aside.

2. Before grating now again wash them well...so that any impurity could come out.

3. Then grate all the Carrots in a grater one by one leaving the hard yellow part of the Carrots.

4. Now transfer the grated Carrots in the pressure cooker with 50 ml.milk.
And cook it on the high flame till one whistle only.

5. Then transfer this steamed Carrot in a heavy bottomed wok on the high flame.

6. Just cook it for 5 minutes till it becomes little dry.

7. Just add sugar in the Carrot and stir it well.

8. Stir and mix it for 10 minutes.

9. As the Carrots absorb all the sugar syrup.... just add the fresh cream of home and mix well.

10. Stir it continuously and add washed raisins ( kishmish ) and some chopped cashew nuts.
It will take 15 to 20 minutes.

11. As the halwa starts seperating the sides...just add 2 Table spoon desi ghee in the halwa and mix well.

It will bring in halwa very rich taste and texture.

Take out in a container and garnish it with some chopped cashew nuts.

In this way... instant and delicious Carrot Halwa is ready to enjoy.

Serve it hot as a delicious dessert in any meal.

For this halwa...You don't need to bring Mawa from the market.

Just take out your home made malai from the freezer one day before in the winter.

Any time you can make this delicious halwa with your fresh malai.

If you don't have the fresh malai...Then add 300 gram crumbled Mawa in the Carrot in place of malai.

The recipe is the same.

#  Note....

1. After peeling the Carrots, don't dip them in the water.
By doing so...the sweetness of Carrots would come out in the water.

2. Don't overcook the Carrots in the pressure cooker...just 1 whistle only.
The purpose is to steam it only for making the instant halwa.

3. Cook the halwa stirring  constantly.
It will not take much time.

4. In place of malai...You can add 300 gram Mawa.

5. For kids... don't add malai or Mawa.
Just add a little sugar and a little milk powder.