Carrot Halwa - Winter Special

Carrot Halwa - Winter Special Recipe

Carrot Halwa is a dessert recipe, which is very popular during winter season.....specially in North India.

It is prepared with red carrots, milk, sugar and fried nuts. This recipe is little time taking as we need to cook grated carrots in milk and wait till the milk gets reduced, then add sugar and again it takes some time to get halwa consistency. Today, I am sharing a simple and quick recipe with milk powder which takes 10-15 minutes to prepare carrot halwa.

Ingredients:

Grated carrots - 150 grms
Sugar - 75 - 100 grms
Milk powder - 100 grms / 1 cup
Milk - 2 tablespoons
Cardoman powder - 1 teaspoon
Ghee - 2 tablespoons
Cashew and Raisins few

Method:

# Heat kadai add 1 tsp of ghee and fry milk powder and switch off the stove. ( it should not change colour)

# In another pan add 1 tablespoon of ghee and add grated carrots, close the pan for 2-3 min.

# Once carrots are cooked add sugar and mix well.

# It will become slightly watery but when we add milk powder the consistency will be perfect.

# Add milk powder fried in ghee and mix well.

# After mixing milk powder it will take hardly 2-3 min. In few seconds halwa will leave the sides of the pan, switch off the stove.

# Add ghee in a pan fry cashews and raisins pour it in halwa and add cardoman powde, mix well. It will take hardly 10 - 15 min to prepare carrot halwa.

Please do try and provide your valuable comments.
Thank you. ☺

Navaratri Day - 8 ( Carrot Payasam and Karamani / kidney beans Sundal

Carrot Payasam

Another healthy dessert, in which we use a vegetable to prepare this dessert. This is so healthy and can be served hot or chill. In Summer you can keep it in refrigerator and serve or in winters we generally serve hot. 

Ingredients:
Carrot - 2 nos
Milk - 2 cups
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Cardoman powder - 1 tsp
Cashew, raisins, Sara parupu few
Ghee - 1 tsp

Method:
# Cook carrots, make puree.
# Heat pan add carrot puree and milk boil well.
# Add sugar, simmer the stove for few min, add cardoman powder and switch off the stove.
# Fry cashew and raisins, add to carrot Payasam. Serve

Karamani / Kidney beans Sundal
Ingredients:
Karamani / Kidney beans - 100 grms
Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
Mustard - 1 tsp
Urud dal - 1/2 tsp
Curry powder - 1 tablespoon
Curry leaves - few
Asafoetida - 1 tsp
Green chillis - 2 nos
Salt to taste
Oil for seasoning

Method:
# Soak karamani for 3 hrs.
# cook soft, add oil to pan, put mustard when it crackle add urud dal , karamani, grated coconut , curry powder , salt, asafoetida, green chillis, curry leaves and mix well. Serve.