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Gajar Halwa, Carrot Halwa or Gajrela is a north Indian sweet. It is traditionally made by cooking freshly grated carrots, milk and sugar together. Today we are making halwa the quicker way by using condensed milk and khoya (milk solids) along with some milk.

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A traditional sweet ( halwa) of grated carrots cooked in ghee, milk and sugar and flavoured with cardamom and cashew nuts. Gajar Halwa is a quintessential Indian dessert made with carrots, ghee, milk, sugar and flavored with cardamom. It's rich, creamy and do decadent. Do use ghee, nuts and cardamom though for added flavor though but if you want to make the halwa without ghee a lot of times go ahead because it still tasted great.

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Gajar ka halwa is a sweet pudding made with grated carrots, milk, sugar, nuts, clarified butter known as ghee, and dried milk known as khoya. The dessert originated in Northern India and Pakistan, but today it's consumed throughout India as an everyday treat or a traditional sweet during numerous Indian festivals. This dessert can be modified by adding either seasonal or regional ingredients, and it can be consumed warm or chilled.

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Gajar Ka Halwa or Carrot Halwa is an utterly delicious traditional Indian sweet recipe made from grated red carrots that is slow cooked with ghee, milk, cardamom, sugar, and khoya, garnished with dry fruits.

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Gajar Halwa is an exquisite South Asian dessert made with a delightful combination of carrots, ghee, milk, sugar, and nuts. This quick and easy recipe is a spin on the classic to get the same enriching dessert but in less time.

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This recipe for gajar ka halwa / gajrela yields a rich yet not so sweet halwa. Feel free to decrease the ghee or increase the sugar as per your liking. If you are not using condensed milk and instead would like to use sugar, use the same method of cooking but double the amount of milk, and use sugar (1/2 cup to ¾ cup sugar) after the ghee separates in place of condensed milk.

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Gajar Ka Halwa (Carrot Halwa) is a traditional Indian sweet dessert made with fresh red carrots, milk, and sugar. It's a winter delicacy and is popularly served at festivals, weddings, and special occasions. Learn the traditional method to make this Indian dessert.

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