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Carrot halwa using khoya
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Carrot Halwa Using Khoya
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 
Carrot Halwa using Khoya recipe is such an easy dessert as it takes really half the time as that of preparing the traditional carrot halwa using milk. So we can say it as Instant carrot halwa recipe too.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: carrot halwa, carrot halwa using khoya
Servings: 5
Calories: 400 kcal
Author: Akila
Ingredients
  • Delhi carrots – 3
  • Khoya – 3/4 cup
  • Ghee – 4 tbsp
  • Sugar – 1 cup
  • Cashews & raisins – little
  • Cardamom powder – little
Instructions
  1. Take the carrots.
  2. Grate the carrots.
  3. It has come to 2 bowls for me.
  4. In a pan, add 4 tbsp ghee. For 1 bowl ( 2 tbsp)
  5. Add the chopped cashews and some raisins.
  6. Fry them till cashews becomes light brown.
  7. Remove them from the pan and keep aside.
  8. In the same pan, add the grated carrots.
  9. Saute them nicely in the ghee itself. We are not going to add any milk to cook the carrots. So we need to saute them nicely.
  10. It took around 12 minutes for me for the carrots to cook in ghee alone. The quantity also reduced.

  11. Add the khoya or mawa and sugar.

  12. Let the khoya and sugar melt and carrots gets cooked with this also.
  13. Khoya melted nicely.
  14. Adjust the sugar if you need.
  15. When the halwa doesn’t gets stick to the sides, then it is the right consistency.
  16. Lower the flame now.
  17. Add the cardamom and the fried cashews and raisins. Mix them well.
  18. After 2 minutes, switch off the stove.
  19. Serve it in a bowl.
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