Gajar Halwa
Gajar Halwa is an Indian dessert dish made with carrots, milk, sugar, ghee and other everyday ingredients. The full ingredient list and method are below.
- Total time (approx.)
- 50 mins
- Calories (estimate)
- ~290 kcal
- Course
- Dessert
- Cuisine
- Indian
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Ingredients
What goes into Gajar Halwa. This recipe lists ingredients without measured quantities — scale them to the number of people you are cooking for and season to taste.
- Carrots
- Milk
- Sugar
- Ghee
- Cardamom
- Cashews
- Raisins
Method
- 1Grate carrots finely
- 2Cook carrots in milk until soft
- 3Add sugar and ghee, cook until thick
- 4Add cardamom powder
- 5Garnish with fried cashews and raisins
About these numbers: the time shown is an approximate overall cooking time, and the calorie figure is a rough estimate for one serving of the dish as described — not a laboratory analysis. Both will change with your portion size, ingredients and how much fat you cook with. Dietary tags describe the dish in general terms; always check the labels on what you buy. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.





