Easy Gajar Halwa Recipe With Khoya Made In A Pressure Cooker
A vegetarian North Indian Recipes recipe with carrots (gajjar) - washed and peeled (preferably red), ghee, milk. Ready in 35 min, serves 4.
Curated byKavya Sharma🇮🇳
Instructions
13 steps- 1
To begin making the Gajar Halwa with Khoya, grate the washed and peeled carrots
carrots (gajjar) - washed and peeled (preferably red)(500 grams)khoya (mawa) - grated(150 grams) - 2
Heat a pressure cooker on medium flame, add ghee and grated carrots and saute for a couple of minutes
carrots (gajjar) - washed and peeled (preferably red)(500 grams)ghee(1/4 cup)khoya (mawa) - grated(150 grams)tablespoons ghee(2) - 3
Sprinkle a little water and close the pressure cooker
- 4
Pressure cook the carrots for 1 whistle and turn off the flame
carrots (gajjar) - washed and peeled (preferably red)(500 grams) - 5
Allow the pressure to release naturally
- 6
In the meanwhile, heat a kadai on medium flame, add milk and allow it to come to a rolling boil, turn down the heat and let the milk reduce to 3/4th its quantity
milk(400 ml) - 7
Once the milk has reduced and thickened, add the grated khoya, elaichi powder and sugar
milk(400 ml)khoya (mawa) - grated(150 grams)sugar(200 grams)cardamom powder (elaichi)(1 teaspoon) - 8
Allow the khoya and sugar to melt and the whole milk mixture to come together
milk(400 ml)khoya (mawa) - grated(150 grams)sugar(200 grams) - 9
Now reduce the flame and transfer the cooked carrots into the milk
carrots (gajjar) - washed and peeled (preferably red)(500 grams)milk(400 ml) - 10
Continuously stir the milk and carrot mix, till you get a thick gajar halwa
milk(400 ml) - 11
Adjust sugar and elaichi according to your taste and add two more tablespoons of ghee and give the gajar halwa one final stir
ghee(1/4 cup)sugar(200 grams)tablespoons ghee(2) - 12
Garnish the Gajar Halwa with dry fruits
mixed dry fruits - sliced (almonds cashew nuts pistachios)(1/4 cup) - 13
Serve the warm Gajar Halwa along with some vanilla ice cream or cold Gajar Halwa with some Basundi (Rabri) Recipe (A Nutty Condensed Milk Pudding)
milk(400 ml)
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Easy Gajar Halwa Recipe With Khoya Made In A Pressure Cooker
A vegetarian North Indian Recipes recipe with carrots (gajjar) - washed and peeled (preferably red), ghee, milk. Ready in 35 min, serves 4.
Curated byKavya Sharma🇮🇳
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13 steps- 1
To begin making the Gajar Halwa with Khoya, grate the washed and peeled carrots
carrots (gajjar) - washed and peeled (preferably red)(500 grams)khoya (mawa) - grated(150 grams) - 2
Heat a pressure cooker on medium flame, add ghee and grated carrots and saute for a couple of minutes
carrots (gajjar) - washed and peeled (preferably red)(500 grams)ghee(1/4 cup)khoya (mawa) - grated(150 grams)tablespoons ghee(2) - 3
Sprinkle a little water and close the pressure cooker
- 4
Pressure cook the carrots for 1 whistle and turn off the flame
carrots (gajjar) - washed and peeled (preferably red)(500 grams) - 5
Allow the pressure to release naturally
- 6
In the meanwhile, heat a kadai on medium flame, add milk and allow it to come to a rolling boil, turn down the heat and let the milk reduce to 3/4th its quantity
milk(400 ml) - 7
Once the milk has reduced and thickened, add the grated khoya, elaichi powder and sugar
milk(400 ml)khoya (mawa) - grated(150 grams)sugar(200 grams)cardamom powder (elaichi)(1 teaspoon) - 8
Allow the khoya and sugar to melt and the whole milk mixture to come together
milk(400 ml)khoya (mawa) - grated(150 grams)sugar(200 grams) - 9
Now reduce the flame and transfer the cooked carrots into the milk
carrots (gajjar) - washed and peeled (preferably red)(500 grams)milk(400 ml) - 10
Continuously stir the milk and carrot mix, till you get a thick gajar halwa
milk(400 ml) - 11
Adjust sugar and elaichi according to your taste and add two more tablespoons of ghee and give the gajar halwa one final stir
ghee(1/4 cup)sugar(200 grams)tablespoons ghee(2) - 12
Garnish the Gajar Halwa with dry fruits
mixed dry fruits - sliced (almonds cashew nuts pistachios)(1/4 cup) - 13
Serve the warm Gajar Halwa along with some vanilla ice cream or cold Gajar Halwa with some Basundi (Rabri) Recipe (A Nutty Condensed Milk Pudding)
milk(400 ml)
Rate this recipe
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