Carrot halwa

Carrot halwa or gajar halwa is a traditional Punjabi dessert. It is packed with fresh carrots, nuts, milk etc and gives beautiful color and flavor.

Prep time: 5 mins

Cook time: 35 mins

Total time: 40 mins

Serving: 5 Members

Ingredients:

Carrots - 1 kg
Milk - 1 liter
Sugar - 1 cup
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Cardamom powder -1/2 tsp
Roasted almonds and cashews

Method:

1. Boil milk in a nonstick pan. After it boils add grated Carrots. Let it be in medium flame till the carrots become soft and there is no milk visible in the pan.
2. Keep on stirring. Add sugar and cardamom powder, stir till the sugar dissolves and halwa thickens.
3. Add ghee and roasted almonds and cashews, cook for another two minutes.
4. Serve hot or cold...

Note:

You can also boil the carrots to reduce cooking time.

Beetroot halwa

Beetroot halwa is a healthy sweet recipe. Most of women are anemic and at the time of pregnancy the hemoglobin level goes down. Beetroot contains lot of iron which helps in the formation of hemoglobin.

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: 35 mins

Total time: 45 mins

Serving: 4 Members

Ingredients:

Grated beetroot - 1 cup
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Milk - 1/2 cup
Ghee - 3 tbsps.
Cardamom powder - a pinch
Almonds and cashews roasted in ghee

Method:

1. In a heavy bottomed pan add 1 tbsp. of ghee and roast the grated beetroot for few minutes. Add 1/2 cup milk and allow it to cook.
2. Add 1/2 cup of sugar to the cooked beetroot, stir until it becomes thick and reach the halwa consistency whereas side by side add the remaining 2 tbsps. ghee.
3. Add cardamom powder and garnish with roasted nuts.
Note:

You can also boil the beetroot to reduce cooking time