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Gajjar Halwa (Carrot Pudding)

Gajjar Halwa (Carrot Pudding)
Photo: “Gajjar ka halwa (carrot halwa)” by Prerna Jaddwani, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ingredients

Makes
4
  • 2–3 large carrots
  • ½ cup (120 g) cashew nuts, broken
  • ½ cup (120 g) raisins, washed
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 2–3 teaspoons sugar
  • 4 pods cardamom
  • 1 pinch cinnamon powder
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 cup (240 ml) milk

Ingredients for 4 servings (710 g) · the original recipe

Method

  1. 1

    Cut off the blemished ends of the carrots, wash them, and then peel them.

  2. 2

    Grate the carrots, and transfer the grated carrots into a saucepan.

    Stovetop
  3. 3

    Add the cashews, raisins, salt, sugar, cardamom, cinnamon, butter, and milk.

  4. 4

    Heat the saucepan and bring the contents to a boil, while mixing.

    Stovetop
  5. 5

    Cook until the milk has mostly evaporated.

  6. 6

    Serve with a sprinkling of cinnamon powder on top.

Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.

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