Carrot Beetroot Halwa|Gajar aur Beetroot Halwa

Todays recipe is beetroot carrot halwa.
 Traditionally carrot halwa or beetroot halwa are made separately but I combined the orange carrots with red beetroot and prepared this delicious Beets & Carrot Halwa.
believe me it was just ausume and had a lovely bright red colour

There are various varieties of halwas and the most popular among them are

  Gajar ka Halwa
  sooji halwa
  mango halwa 
  apple halwa
  doodhi halwa

Indulge in the healthy and delicious dessert.

Ingredients

1 cup grated Beetroot

1 cup grated carrot

2 cup whole Milk (full cream milk)

1/2 cup milkpowder or khoya/mawa

3/4 cup sugar ( add as per taste)

1 tablespoon cardamom powder

5-6 saffron threads

1 tablespoon blanched almonds+1 tbsp pista

1 tablespoon broken cashew nuts+1 tbsp raisins

2-3 tablespoon ghee or butter

METHOD :

1.Heat 2 tablespoon of ghee or butter in a heavy bottom pan, add dry fruits fry it to golden brown and keep aside.

2.In the same pan, add little ghee, grated carrot and beets. Fry for few minutes till raw smell goes for about 7 minutes.



3.Add milk and cook on medium heat till milk is absorbed fully it will take 15-20mins.

4.now add milk powder/khoya and sugar. Stir well and simmer until it thickens again about 5 minutes.



5.add the remaining ghee,saffron and cardamom powder. Cook till the ghee seperates and the halwa will slow turn nonsticky.
6.Garnish with fried cashew ,almonds and pistachios .

Serve hot or chilled. Eat the way you love it, Enjoy!


tips
1.you can make just beetroot or carrot halwa using the same recipe.
2.You can make this halwa Sugar free by adding 3/4 cup of chopped dates instead of sugar
3.Can use pressure cooker also to make this halwa