Carrot (gajar) halwa in microwave. Microwave carrot halwa is an quick and easy way to prepare halwa. A steaming hot cup of this gajar halwa at the end of meals is simply divine. Indeed, the unique juicy texture of this halwa, its balanced sweetness and innate richness make it totally irresistible.
Add the cardamom powder and mix well. For making carrot halwa, it better to glass and plastic microwave safe vessels. Take out the vessel and stir the mawa. You can cook Carrot (gajar) halwa in microwave using 7 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Carrot (gajar) halwa in microwave
- Prepare 2 Cups of carrot grated.
- It's 1/2 Cup of milk.
- Prepare 5 Tablespoons of sugar.
- It's 5 Tablespoons of mawa khoya /.
- Prepare 2 Tablespoons of butter clarified (ghee).
- It's 1 Teaspoon of dry fruit powder.
- You need 5 of almonds for garnishing.
Take it out again, mawa is now roasted well. Gajar ka halwa can be made in a slow cooker too. How to make it in the microwave? Microwave Gajar Ka Halwa without Khoya (Mawa)
Carrot (gajar) halwa in microwave step by step
- In a microwave bowl, add ghee and keep it on high for 15 seconds.
- Add grated carrot in the bowl, mix it well and put it in the microwave for 2 minutes.
- Add sugar, milk and mawa* mix it well and put it in the microwave for 2 minutes.
- Take it out and stir it. Put it in the microwave for 2 minutes.
- Repeat step 4 until the milk is soaked by carrot (I repeated the step thrice i.e. for 6 minutes).
- Add dry fruit powder and mix it well.
- Keep in the microwave for 1 minute.
- Take it out and garnish it with grated almonds#, the halwa is ready to serve.
- Note 1: * In case you are using frozen mawa/ khoya then grate it before adding. I am using khoya/mawa without sugar, in case you are using khoya with sugar then reduce amount of sugar from ingredients accordingly.
- Note 2: # Cut the almonds into vertical thin slices, I like raw almonds so I am using raw almonds here. You can deep fry in clarified butter and use that. You may use almond, pistachios, cashews as per your likings.
- Note 3: Khoya/mawa will be available in frozen section of Indian grocery store.
- Note 4: Dry fruit powder contains almond, pistachios, cashews, saffron,walnut, cardamom etc.
easy carrot halwa recipe - Gajar Ka Halwa is a very popular Indian sweet. It is very easy to p repare this halwa in microwave. Traditionally khoya (or mawa) is added while preparing this halwa. But we have not used khoya (or mawa) and added milk powder instead. So this one is a quick and easy-to-make microwave gajar halwa with milk powder.