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Carrot Halwa / Gajar Ka Halwa – Sweets for Diwali

October 17, 2011 By Aarthi 51 Comments

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Hai Friends..Hope you are having a great week ahead..Mine was Ok…I promised you all that I will share my diwali stories right..This is my first one..I think this one happened 8-10 years back…Its a Miserable Diwali..I can never forget it..We were enjoying Diwali with lots of foods and crackers..All Happiness should come to an end right….That day also came to an end…YES..napping time arrived and mum was running behind us to make us sleep…

Before going to the story let me describe some thing about our house first…We had a huge place infront of our house and its been covered with dried coconut leaves on top (something like this)…Actually it was our grandma’s house,it looks like a old and ancient house,but a beautiful one..

Back to story…Somehow we came back to bed and started having wonderful dreams of that day..I think its near to midnight, suddenly my grandma who slept near to the windows felt so hot..When she looked into it..She saw flames of fire just wafting through those coconut leaves roof..Yes..Our House is on Fire..OMG..She woke me, amma and my sisters…Amma was very much scared first, But somehow she gained all her courage together,went out and opened the front door realizing that someone can come and help us…By which time our neighbours and friends realized the fire and came running to our house and took tons and tons of water and set the fire off..Luckily nobody is hurt and we were safe…If those people has never arrived then I don’t know what must have happened..The Reason for the fire is somebody near our street has set a rocket (cracker) which came straight and sat on our roof which caused this horrible accident..So what I say is Please be careful while lighting those crackers..Have a Safe Diwali..
Ok Now coming back to today’s recipe…I know I know everyone loves Carrot Halwa, including me…But most of us think that making halwa is a difficult task..If so, Check out this…I hope you all will love it…So off you go for the step by step recipe with pictures…

Ingrediants:
Carrot-3 large grated finely
Milk- ½ litre
Ghee – 120 ml / ½ cup / 4 fluid ounces
Cashews, Almonds, Raisans, Pista-3 tblspn chopped(I used Badam)
Sugar- ½ cup / 100 gms(or to taste)
Cardamom / Yelakai-4
Saffron or Orange food colouring-a pinch
Method:
Heat half of the ghee in a kadai..Fry some badam pieces in this till golden and remove it..
Now Add in grated carrot and fry for 5 mins..
Pour in milk and bring that to boil..
Simmer the flame and cover it with a lid..Let this cook for 20-30 mins until the carrot is cooked through and milk is evaporated.
Now add in sugar and mix well..Throw in the cardamom too..
Now add in a pinch of saffron yellow colour and mix well..
Let this cook untill the halwa gets thickened..It will take around 10-15 mins..
Now add in remaining ghee and mix well..
Add in the nuts and mix well..Cook this until the halwa leaves the sides of the pan..
Switch off the flame and serve hot..
Pictorial:
Take all your ingrediants..Please add some food colouring in this
grate your carrot using fine grater
heat some ghee in a kadai
add in badam
fry till golden
remove and set aside
add in carrots
fry for few minutes
pour in milk
and bring that to boil
cover and simmer
untill the carrot is cooked
add in sugar
and crushed cardamom
add a pinch of food colouring
and mix well
let it cook till it gets thick
add more ghee
and fried nuts
mix well
cook untill it leaves the sides of the pan

Serve

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Filed Under: Diwali, Festival, Ghee, Halwa, Indian Sweet, Krishna Jayanthy Special Recipes, Milk, Recent Recipes, Sweet

About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. the Junkie book

    October 17, 2011 at 5:52 pm

    by the time i made something chocolate, your choc giveaway was long a thing of past!!

    this is delicious…had it at a dinner jus two days back!!

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  2. Rocio Valle Gonzalez

    October 17, 2011 at 6:00 pm

    I must do it!! I love carrot, so it is perfect!!
    Thanks for share!!
    hugs, from spain! 😉

    Reply
  3. Harini

    October 17, 2011 at 6:17 pm

    Very nice..

    Reply
  4. Chitra

    October 17, 2011 at 6:33 pm

    carrot halwa looks so good:)

    Reply
  5. Priya

    October 17, 2011 at 7:31 pm

    Who will say no to carrot halwa, awesome..

    Reply
  6. MyKitchen Flavors-BonAppetit!.

    October 17, 2011 at 8:43 pm

    Carrot Halwa luks yumm.Luv ur delicious recipes here in this wonderful blog,Arthi.Thanks for dropping in and the add.Following U.

    Reply
  7. Rekha shoban

    October 17, 2011 at 11:55 pm

    yummy n delicious halwa…perfectly done!!nice presentation!

    Reply
  8. Nalini's Kitchen

    October 18, 2011 at 12:33 am

    wow! carrot halwa looks so tempting and yummy,lovely clicks.

    Reply
  9. Cool Lassi(e)

    October 18, 2011 at 1:10 am

    Carrot Halwa looks super tempting!

    Reply
  10. Amina Khaleel

    October 18, 2011 at 2:12 am

    carrot halwa looks delicious.. it is one of my favorites… liked your step by step pictures… glad to follow you.. do visit me sometime..

    Reply
  11. Mélange

    October 18, 2011 at 3:39 am

    Reading your diwali tale,I conveyed my daughter that my concurrence for crackers is not standing.Bitter no Aarthi ? I have to think now dear.

    I have seen several gajar halwa recipes so far in the blog world.I haven't seen such a royal presentation but.Extremely tempting and classic Aarthi.Hats off to you.

    Reply
  12. veena krishnakumar

    October 18, 2011 at 3:53 am

    Halwa looks awesome!!!!And i am scared with these diwali rockets too, never can predict which way they turn:-)

    Reply
  13. Gayathri Kumar

    October 18, 2011 at 4:25 am

    Halwa looks so yummy..

    Reply
  14. Ann

    October 18, 2011 at 4:37 am

    I'm SO glad everyone was safe from the fire. The halwa look really, REALLY good! Thanks for sharing (and thanks for the step-by-step pictures)

    Reply
  15. Sharmilee! :)

    October 18, 2011 at 5:00 am

    Looks so delicious…yummy looking!

    Reply
  16. RAKS KITCHEN

    October 18, 2011 at 5:04 am

    Lovely pictorial of carrot halwa! lOoks irresistible !

    Reply
  17. Yuvana's Favourites

    October 18, 2011 at 5:41 am

    my favourite sweet. next time when you do this just add grated dairymilk chocolate. you ll love it.

    Reply
  18. Aruna Manikandan

    October 18, 2011 at 5:48 am

    looks perfect and delicious dear 🙂

    Reply
  19. cooking varieties (wan)

    October 18, 2011 at 6:53 am

    hi aarthi many thanks for your visit, really appreciate that.
    for a start, let me wish you all the best in blogging and looking forward to follow your recipes. have a nice day

    Reply
  20. The Pumpkin Farm

    October 18, 2011 at 7:29 am

    Love the way you have presented the halwa

    Reply
  21. Tina

    October 18, 2011 at 8:21 am

    delicious halwa…

    Reply
  22. Alba

    October 18, 2011 at 8:48 am

    Love your blog and indian receipts! I follow you from now on 🙂
    I didn't know halwa but it looks yummy!

    Alba

    Reply
  23. M.R.T.E

    October 18, 2011 at 1:23 pm

    que buena pinta tiene, siento lo de la casa. al menos oslo fué un susto. saludos

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  24. SavithaRaj's Spice Land

    October 18, 2011 at 1:58 pm

    Sorry to hear about the fire incident..happy to know you guys are fine..and for the recipe…its an ever favorite dessert..

    Reply
  25. Catherine

    October 18, 2011 at 2:11 pm

    It does look delicious and very interesting. Blessings, Catherine xo

    Reply
  26. jeyashrisuresh

    October 18, 2011 at 2:12 pm

    need a cup of vanila icecream to pair with this yummy halwa.

    Reply
  27. Cajunlicious

    October 18, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    Love the flavors in this and it looks incredible!

    Reply
  28. mykitchentrials

    October 18, 2011 at 3:00 pm

    Sorry about the fire, lets hope this diwali is safe for everyone.

    Carrot halwa looks absolutely fantastic! Drool worthy pictures 🙂

    Rajani

    Reply
  29. Rosita Vargas

    October 18, 2011 at 5:18 pm

    Hermoso plato me encanta la zanahoria luce espectacular,abrazos grandes, hugs,hugs.

    Reply
  30. teresa Blackburn

    October 19, 2011 at 2:08 am

    Wonderful images with all the beautiful serving pieces. Very festive and special.

    Reply
  31. Bhasky

    December 29, 2014 at 6:49 am

    Can we add milkmaid along with sugar?

    Reply
  32. suganya

    December 30, 2014 at 4:55 pm

    Love your recipes…. really awesome… I'm going to try this for new year

    Reply
  33. Aarthi

    December 30, 2014 at 5:40 pm

    @BhaskyIf u want you can add..

    Reply
  34. Anonymous

    January 20, 2015 at 12:12 pm

    Hi, can i use bread instead of carrot?

    Reply
  35. Aarthi

    January 20, 2015 at 12:29 pm

    @Anonymousnot sure..haven't tried it so far.

    Reply
  36. Sandhya G.

    January 22, 2015 at 2:20 pm

    If we add condensed milk in place of sugar , how much quantity should we add?

    Reply
  37. Aarthi

    January 22, 2015 at 5:05 pm

    @Sandhya G.it deoends on ur sweetness, add it and taste then add more..

    Reply
  38. Anonymous

    March 21, 2015 at 9:06 pm

    I tried it aarthi but it tastes like paalkova. I don't know why..

    Reply
  39. Anonymous

    March 25, 2015 at 9:38 am

    Could u pls tell me why it tastes like palkova???

    Reply
  40. Aarthi

    March 26, 2015 at 2:03 am

    @Anonymousbecause u have cooked it in milk so it will like milky

    Reply
  41. Janani Selvaraju

    May 29, 2015 at 3:57 am

    Tried this todayand it turned out so so yummy….got appreciated by my mom…thanks aarthi…keep rocking……

    Reply
  42. Anonymous

    June 9, 2015 at 10:55 am

    Hai Aarthi, Can we use butter instead of ghee?

    Reply
  43. Aarthi

    June 10, 2015 at 5:34 pm

    @Anonymousyes u can use

    Reply
  44. Anonymous

    February 5, 2016 at 9:20 am

    It came out really sooo good !!!!tastes yummy!!!! Thank you aarthi for ur pictorial representation 🙂 🙂

    Reply
  45. Anonymous

    November 8, 2016 at 10:22 am

    I tried this recipe really it was very nice.
    can we add kova for this recipe and in which step can u pls tell me

    Reply
  46. Anonymous

    November 8, 2016 at 10:22 am

    I tried this recipe really it was very nice.
    can we add kova for this recipe and in which step can u pls tell me

    Reply
  47. Anonymous

    November 8, 2016 at 10:24 am

    can we add kova to this recipe if it can be added can u pls tell when it can be added after which step

    Reply
    • Aarthi

      November 9, 2016 at 4:57 pm

      yes u can, add it after u add sugar

      Reply
  48. sheraz

    February 21, 2018 at 4:06 pm

    your recipe is looks very nice and tasty

    Reply
  49. Daania

    December 27, 2019 at 7:11 am

    We need to add boiled or raw milk

    Reply
    • Aarthi

      January 1, 2020 at 7:08 pm

      boiled

      Reply

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