Carrot Halwa

Carrot Halwa

This recipe can otherwise be named Heaven! The goodness of carrot and the richness of ghee just make me irrevocably in love with it. But I do remind you friends, it is a bit high on the calorie side and I don’t ask you to make it a habit to have it. So let’s just say, enjoy making and having this one on one of your special occasions to make it a sweet and memorable experience just like the halwa itself.

Ingredients:

1.      Carrot              200g

2.      Milk                 1 cup

3.      Sugar               1 cup

4.      Cardamom      ½ tsp

5.      Ghee                ¼ cup

6.      Cashew nuts    10g

Method:

1.      Mince carrots uniformly using a mixer or food processor.

2.      Saute the minced carrots in ghee for 5 mins till the carrots are half cooked. Cooking it in a pan/kadai with a closed lid is preferable.

3.      Powder sugar along with cardamom.

4.      Add milk little by little and keep stirring.

5.      When all the milk has been added allow the carrots to get completely cooked.

6.      Now add the powdered sugar and keep swirling the mixture in the pan.

7.      Allow the mixture to boil until it stops sticking to the pan.

8.      Remove from fire and transfer to a greased container.

9.      Garnish with roasted cahew nuts.

Note: Goes well with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Ohh yeah!

Yield: 1 cup

Nutritional Information:

1 cup of Carrot Halwa gives 11.5g of protein, 72.5g of fats, 62.1g of carbohydrates, 1225 KCals of energy, 473.6 mg of calcium and 3.95mg of iron.