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

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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.

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  • 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. 

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  • 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..

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It tastes the best when served warm with ice cream !!

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24 responses to “Carrot Halwa Recipe In Pressure Cooker – Gajar Halwa in Pressure cooker – How To Make Carrot Halwa”
  1. Unknown Avatar
    Unknown

    Carrot halwa looks so delicious and lovely!! Wonderful snaps! Do visit my space at- http://www.rita-bose-cooking.com/

  2. Indian Khana Avatar
    Indian Khana

    Looks yum …I am sure little princess must have enjoyed this

  3. Unknown Avatar
    Unknown

    Am speechless!!! looks super delicious… wow i am so drooling!!
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  4. Unknown Avatar
    Unknown

    our favourite dessert..looks divine with icecream

  5. Jeyashris Kitchen Avatar
    Jeyashris Kitchen

    Wonderful combo with vanilla ice cream, wish raksha a wonderful birthday. nice clicks

  6. Anonymous Avatar
    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!

    1. Chitra Avatar
      Chitra

      Yes this method surely helps u in all these 🙂 Do try sometime 🙂

  7. Akila Avatar
    Akila

    Delicious halwa n you have done justice to it
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  8. Vanamala Hebbar Avatar
    Vanamala Hebbar

    Tempting …. Delicious…

  9. Unknown Avatar
    Unknown

    Thanks for the tips chitra
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  10. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    Looks yummy chitra !! First time here and you have a lovely blog 🙂

  11. Mahi Avatar
    Mahi

    Hope your daughter had a wonderful birthday! Halwa looks delicious!

  12. Swathi Avatar
    Swathi

    Delicious carrot halwa, bleated birthday wishes to your princes.

  13. Sudha Sabarish Avatar
    Sudha Sabarish

    Belated b'day wishes to Rakhsha.Halwa looks yummyculous.Love to try ice cream halwa combo.

  14. Sangeetha Nambi Avatar
    Sangeetha Nambi

    OMG ! One of my most favy dessert… Love to taste it with icecream ever and convey my wishes too… 🙂
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  15. Raks Avatar
    Raks

    Looks superb! With ice cream its very tempting!

  16. Poornima Nair Avatar
    Poornima Nair

    An all time favorite! Looks delicious!!

  17. Priya Suresh Avatar
    Priya Suresh

    My birthday wishes to ur lil darling, icecream and halwa both makes me droollllllll..

  18. Prema Avatar
    Prema

    delicious version bookmarked!!!

  19. Nammaruchi.blogspt.com Avatar
    Nammaruchi.blogspt.com

    yummy bowl of carrot goodness…mm

  20. divyagcp Avatar
    divyagcp

    Delicious Halwa.. Love the combo of halwa and icecream..

  21. Uthra Avatar
    Uthra

    Thanks for the recipe. Tried it today. Though the texture was not as appealing as yours it tasted good:)

    1. Chitra Avatar
      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 🙂

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