Mar 30 2008
Carrot Halwa ~~ sweet as home
Halwa ~~ A dessert made from various kinds of fruits, vegetables, grains and lentils. The ingredients in Halwa are grated finely and fried in ghee and sugar. Nuts and milk may also be added. Halwas have the consistency of a very thick pudding.
This is the technical definition of halwa but the whole experience of eating this dish away from homeland is totally different. Although I ate this halwa in quite a number of restaurants but somehow I felt that they did not get the taste right. Frankly speaking, I did not know that by adding condensed milk, the taste will come out this amazing!!! I thought the ingredients would be only milk sugar and carrots..thats it. With condensed milk..the taste comes out real good.
Try this recipe and let me know how was it!!
This is my entry to Paajaka sweet series is carrot halwa. This dish was specially made for my DH birthday! 
Ingredients
4 cups grated carrot
1 cup condensed milk
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp cardamom powder
1/2 cup cashewnuts
1/4 cup badam
2 cloves
2 tbs ghee
Method
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Wash and peel carrots and then grate them finely.
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Take a deep skillet and add two tbs ghee. Add cloves,cashewnuts and badam. Add grated carrot. Keep stirring till it cooked properly. It will take at least 15 minutes to do this on medium heat. Do not cover the skillet with any lid.
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Add condensed milk and mix it well. Add the cardamom powder. Keep stirring for five minutes more.
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Add sugar slowly and keep mixing for 10 more minutes.Halwa is ready to eat. You can top it with dry coconut powder.
Well nice dishes on your websites. Though I make Carrot Halwa little differently. Will let u know the recipe if u want. Moreover, I make Brinjal Halwa. The recipe is on my blog. It is really tasty and if you do not tell the person eating it, he will not realize that it is made of Brinjal. We had a funny incident. One person was invited for lunch when I was small and my mother cooked Brinjal Halwa. We were not aware that he disliked Brinjal very much. But he helped himself to 3-4 servings of the Brinjal halwa and then asked what is this lovely halwa made off. When my mother told, he was stunned. He said if u had said before I would have never tasted. Anyways, try out and let me know.
Hi,
Thanks! I have been eating carrot halwa all my life..
but Brinjal halwa!! wow..i am a huge brinjal fan.so i will definetly try it out!! I am not sure but I think there is one bottlegourd halwa too.
Thanks
Saroja