{Recipe}Gajar Ka Halwa|Carrot Halwa|Simple and Delicious Gajar ka Halwa|

Gajar Ka Halwa or also commonly called as Carrot Halwa is famous Indian sweet dish traditionally prepared during  major Indian festivals like Diwali,Id ,Raksha Bandan and other family functions. The preparation involves placing of grated carrots in pot and cooked by adding other ingredients like milk,ghee,khoya .nuts and then cooked until it is completely dry.Carrot Halwa is mostly enjoyed chilled but in winters its eaten hot .

How you get Perfect Carrot Halwa

Carrots -Make sure to select fresh and juicy Carrots either orange coloured or the red one which are also called as Delhi carrots. 

Grating and Shredding -Fine grating is must for the perfect Gajar ka Halwa because the finely shredded carrots will cook faster and also you will not get  chunks of carrot pieces.

Pan/Kadai-While preparing Carrot Halwa make sure to take a heavy bottom kadai or pan because in preparation of Halwa requires lots of stirring and cooking.

Serving and Storing the Gajar Ka Halwa

Serving -You ca serve Gajar Halwa Hot or Cold.Either ways its tastes Yummy.But when served chilled the halwa taste even more delicious and even a scoop of your favorite ice-cream will enhance the taste even better.

Storing-Gajar Ka Halwa can be stored in a glass jar and refrigerate up-to 1 week.Try not to store for more days in refrigerator. 

Ingredients 

1 Kilo Gram Carrot

3-4 Tablespoon of Ghee

750 Ml Milk(Boiled & cooled)

4-5 Table spoon of sugar

100 Grams of Khoya

1-1/2 Tsp of Cardamon Powder

2-3 Table spoon Almonds(Blanched & cut)

Preparation and cooking(Step wise Pics & Video)

1.Wash the Carrots well and Peel all of it.Pass one more time water over the carrots and towel dry them.

2.Scrape the carrots very fine and keep it aside until you do other preparation.

3.Now place heavy bottom pan or kadai over the stove.once heated add the Ghee.

4.Add the grated carrots in melted ghee and stir well.Stir the carrots for about 2 min until little moist.

5.Pour the milk into the carrots ,once you see milk boiling keep stirring the carrots .Let the milk reduce 25 % .

6.At this point add the Khoya to the carrots .Mix well and let the khoya completely dissolve in milk.

7.Keep stirring while the carrots are cooking in milk and once you see its 50 % milk reduced add Sugar.

8.You can cover and cook but make sure to occasionally stir to avoid carrots sticking to kadai or also milk can spill.

9.When the milk is 80 % reduced add the cardamom powder and the Chopped almonds.After adding keep stirring until the Carrot Halwa is completely dried.

10. Gajar ka Halwa or Carrot Halwa is Done.Allow the Halwa to cool down.

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{Recipe}Beetroot Halwa

 

Beetroot Halwa is a "Indian" sweet dish prepared using grated Beetroots and then cooked using milk, ghee, cardamom and dry fruits until dry. You can also add Khoya or condense milk too to make it more rich in flavors.

Beetroot is very healthy veggie and is often recommended because, Beets are packed with essential Vitamins, Minerals and some of which has medicinal properties as mentioned below.

1. Beets are low in calories yet highly nutritious.
2. Help keep blood pressure in check.
3. Improves digestive health as it has good fiber source.
4. Often proven to help in weight loss as its low in calories.
5. Its delicious and can easily be part of your diet. You can consume in the form of salad, juices, side dishes and Halwa is one of the dishes.

Now moving back to Beetroot Halwa. Halwa, as you are aware and know how to prepare and most of the Halwa recipes include the same procedure. But, if you follow the below pointers you can never go wrong.

1. Need fresh Beetroots and grated very fine.
2. Make sure to Roast the Beetroot in the ghee well so to retain the Bright red colour.
3. Always add pre-boiled milk. And also add milk after you roast the beets in ghee.
4. Make sure to keep the sugar quantity less as the beetroots are already sweet and too sweet Halwa might ruined the taste.
5. You have to have good patience level because the Halwa will taste good if the water level is totally reduced and also keep stirring occasionally to avoid burning of Halwa.
6. Soak and peel the Almonds because they will really give crunchy bites in your Halwa .

Servings  : Approx.10

Total Preparation Time : 1 Hour

Total Cooking  Time : 45 Min

Cuisine : Indian Sweet Dish

Author : Ispolina Silveira

Measurement : 1 Cup =256ml

 

Ingredients

1 Kilo Gram Beetroots grated

3 Table spoon of Ghee

500 -750 ml of look warm milk

½ Cup of sugar

100 Grams of Khoya

1 Tsp of Crushed Cardamom

¼ Cup of Chopped Almonds(Soaked ,peeled & chopped)

Step wise preparation with Pictures. 

1.Add Ghee in a pan . Once the ghee melts add the grated beetroot and toss well in the ghee . Then cover the lid and cook for 5 min.

   

2.Once you see beetroot little water then add the milk.Stir well and allow it to boil but on the other hand keep stirring.

                     

3.After about 5 minutes add sugar and again stir for the sugar to dissolve. Can Cover and cook for 5 Min

                     

4.Then add the khoya and mix well again so the Khoya portions gets incorporated .

                     

  

5 .After allowing it cook for more 5 minuets then add cardamom powder and the chopped almonds.

                     

6.Cook on medium flame and stirring simultaneously .Let it cook until its totally dry .

                     

7.Serve Hot or Cold ,choice is your. Either ways it will taste delicious.

                     

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{Recipe} Rava Ladoo/Semolina Ladoo

Rava Ladoo or semolina Ladoo is  more loved dish during festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. The festival being tomorrow why not share this simple recipe of ladoo's. A quick sweet dish prepared by using few ingredients like semolina,sugar,coconut and nuts.You could also check festival sweet recipes on my blog which includes Milk Sheera,Besan Ladoo,Neureos and now one more edition Rava ladoo. I have always seen my mum and aunty prepared ladoo's but never tried hands on it.Today followed their recipes but only added koya to get extra flavour and this khoya idea i got it from one of the you tube chef from Ruchkar Mejwani.

Total prepared Around 20 Ladoo

Total preparation Time : 30 min

Ganesh Chaturthi Special

Author: Ispolina Silveira

Ingredients

250 Gram Rava/Semolina

200 Gram Sugar

200 Gram Fresh grated coconut

50 Gram Khoya

2 Table spoon Ghee

2 Tsp Cardamom powder

3 Table spoon water

Method

1)First process begins with roasting of rava in ghee,roast for little while may be for about 3 min.Make sure the rava colour remains white.

2)Then remove the roasted rava in separate plate and in the same pan add grated coconut,sugar and water.Cook for about 3-4  min until the sugar melts and becomes liquid.

3)After sugar melted well,then add khoya and dry fruits and again cook for 2-3  min.

4)Allow the mixture of sugar,coconut and khoya to cool down for 15 min.Later add the cooled mixture into roasted rava and mix well.Then again allow to rest for 5 min so the rava soaks the sugar liquid.

5)The give one mix and shape into round ladoo's and spread on plate.

6)Your ladoo's are all ready to serve .Prepare during Christmas or Diwali or Ganesh Chaturthi or just any time when you feel like preparing and you will enjoy every bite of it.

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Besan Ladoo Recipe

Besan ladoo is a favourite of all and it is among the most common sweets in most of Indian festivals. Our moms or Grandmas always prefer to prepare them in homes with lot of love and affection as it adds lot of love that is by using Clarified butter/Ghee ;) . The main ingredients involved in Besan ladoo is Besan i.e. chickpea flour, lots of Ghee/Clarified butter, sugar and cardamom powder for flavouring, aren't these so easily available ingredients in our homes? So lets begin to make these yummy sweet roundels and enjoy the bites.

Servings 20-25

Total Preparation Time 40-50 min

Cooking Time : 25-30 min

Ingredients(use same Cup for measuring ingredient)

4 Cups of Besan/Chickpea Flour

1 Cup Ghee/Clarified Butter

21/2 Cup Sugar(ground sugar with little granules )

2-3 Tsp Cardamom Powder 

1/2 Cup Milk

Raisins for decorating

 Methods

1. Heat ghee in pan,once heated add the besan and stir the mixture well.
2. Roast the flour on slow flame until the besan changes colour to light brown and also when besan is cooked well it will become little liquid form and then it will start to leave the sides of pan.

      3.Once its cooked well then add the milk and stir well and at the same time put off the stove .Keep stirring the mixture.

       4.Allow the mixture to cool down at room temperature.Once cooled add sugar and cardamom and mix well.

       5.Make small Ladoo's and decorate with raisins. Place ladoo's in plate and let it get cooled and will become little firm so it will be easy to store.