Carrot Halwa Recipe In Pressure Cooker – Gajar Halwa in Pressure cooker – How To Make Carrot Halwa

carrot halwa plate

Carrot halwa | Gajar ka halwa is the easiest and delicious sweet recipe that can be made jiffy. The best thing about this sweet is it takes very less ghee unlike other halwa recipes. I made this for my daughter’s birthday. This is one of her favourite sweets.

We love to have this dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Usually carrot halwa is prepared with khoya or condensed milk (milk maid). But I made it in a very simple way with milk and sugar using a pressure cooker. I followed my cookbook recipe for the preparation and it came out very well. If  you want, you can cook the carrots in milk in low flame in an open pan which gives more taste. As I wanted to make it quick I followed the pressure cooker version. 
For more rich taste , a paste of almonds and cashews can be added at the end..Try this easy version , you’ll love it for sure.

carrot halwa bowl copy
INGREDIENTS
 1 cup – 250ml
  • Grated carrots – 2 cups (levelled)
  • Milk – 1/3 cup
  • Sugar – 1/2 cup
  • Ghee – 2 tbsp
  • Cashews – few
  • Elachi – 3 nos powdered
METHOD – HOW TO MAKE CARROT HALWA IN PRESSURE COOKER
  • Wash and grate carrots using a big size grater and set aside.
  • Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in a pressure cooker base and roast the cashews till golden brown. Remove the cashews alone leaving ghee in the pan. Now add the grated carrots and saute till the raw smell of carrot emanates. Saute for 3-4 minutes. Carrots will turn slightly pale orange in color.

         Carrot halwa tile1

  • Then add the milk and pressure cook in high flame for 2-3 whistles. Do not worry  that the milk is less. Its enough to cook the carrots. Remove the lid after the steam is released. There will be no milk or very less milk in the cooked carrot. No problem. 

        carrot halwa tile2

  • Now add the sugar and mix well till sugar dissolves. Mixture will become liquid. Keep stirring in medium flame. When it starts to thicke,  add the elachi powder and mix well. The halwa thickens and it starts to leave the sides of the cooker. 
  • Now add the remaining 1 tbsp of ghee & roasted cashews, mix for a minute and serve. Make sure the mixture has some moisture, do not make it dry else it will become very thick and dry after it cools down..

        carrot halwa tile3
It tastes the best when served warm with ice cream !!
carrot halwa with icecream 1

Related Posts

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

24 thoughts on “Carrot Halwa Recipe In Pressure Cooker – Gajar Halwa in Pressure cooker – How To Make Carrot Halwa”

  7. Anonymous

    The pressure-cooking method of making gajar ka halwa is totally new to me; I always made it the traditional way in pan reducing the milk.

    But if this method helps less stirring, less hand pain, and less standing, less boredom … ah, bliss!

    Reply
    1. Chitra

      Thanks for trying Uthra 🙂 Next time when u make please remove it when there is little moisture. So after it cools down, u will get the same texture as in the picture 🙂

      Reply
Scroll to Top