Monday, June 25, 2012

Coconut Flavoured Gajar Ka Halwa

This sweet dish is a slight variation from the normal gajar ka halwa we usually eat. This recipe is a very popular Indian sweet dish recipe and is very easy to cook.

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

Carrots- 4-5 (grated)
Sugar- 4-5 cups
Coconut milk powder- 4 tablespoon
Cardamom: finely powdered
Cashew nuts: cut into small pieces
Almonds: Cut into small pieces
Pistachios: Cut into small pieces
Ghee/refined oil
Milk- 500ml
Milk powder-5 tablespoon
Khoya kheer-150gms

Method

Heat a small amount of ghee in a kadhai and then add the grated carrots to it. Keep stirring the grated carrots till it becomes soft and then add the milk, milk powder and khoya kheer to the grated carrot. Keep stirring so that it mixes uniformly. Let the carrots boil in the milk and become soft. Mash the carrots in the milk and then add the coconut powder, dry fruits and cardamom to the kadhai. Add the sugar and keep stirring till your gajar ka halwa attains a thick consistency. Once it is done remove from flame , cool it and then freeze it in the refrigerator.

Serve cold.

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