A SWEET CARROT-BASED DESSERT
One much-loved variant is ‘Gajar ka Halwa’. Carrots later began to be popular and grown in Punjab and were later experimented with, which gave results in the form of Gajar ka Halwa.
Total Time
45 Minutes
Cuisine
Indian
Ingredients
8
Calories
210
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Wash and grate the Carrots.
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Take a cooking pan, add ¼ cup of clarified butter, add the grated carrots and coat the carrots with the clarified butter. Saute for 2-3 minutes.
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Add 2 litres of Full Cream milk and cook the carrots in milk. Keep cooking the carrots in the milk.
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When the carrots are cooked, add sugar (approximately 1 cup) Keep simmering this mixture, till it thickens well. Gajar Halwa is ready.
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Take the halwa in a bowl and cool it to room temperature.
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Steps to Prepare Cake : For the Cake : In a mixing bowl add ¼ cup of semolina, ¼ cup of powdered sugar, a levelled teaspoon of baking powder, ½ teaspoon of baking soda, and 1 ½ cups of refined flour.
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Add a pinch of cardamom powder and give all these dry ingredients a good mix
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Add 3 tablespoons of butter and 3 tablespoons of oil and mix the ingredients well.
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In a heavy-bottomed pan or cooker add 2 cups of cooking salt. Let the pan heat. You can add whole spices as it will release its flavour and infuse the cake.
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Add ¾ cup of carrot halwa to the cake mixture. Add in a few chopped pistachios. Add 1/3 cup of condensed milk and mix it.
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Add 2 tablespoons of milk and curd and mix all the ingredients well.
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Take a cake mould, grease it with butter, and dust it with a fine coat of refined flour.
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Fill the mould a little more than half with the cake mixture. Tap it a couple of times and place it in the hot cooker.
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Keep the flame on medium, cover it, and bake it. Insert a knife to check if the cake is done. De mould the cake and serve it.
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Pinch of Saffron
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2-3 Green Cardamom pods, crushed
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2 cups Winter carrots, grated
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3 cups Cow’s milk
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¼ cups Ghee
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10-12 Cashew nuts, Chopped
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10-12 Almonds, Sliver
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¾ Cups Sugar
