Carrot Halva

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Everyone just loves the Halva that i make, I think maybe its either the carrots or the milk that you get here in the US, they are a bit different from Pak but heres the recipe…

Ingredients:

6 or 7 medium carrots
3 cups (700ml) whole milk
8 whole cardamom pods
5 tbsp vegetable oil or ghee
5 tbsp sugar
1-2 tbsp golden raisins
1 tbsp shelled unsalted pistachios, lightly crushed
1 cup whipped cream

Peel the carrots and grate by hand. Put the grated carrots, milk and cardamom pods in a heavy-bottomed pot and bring to a boil. Turn heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally until there is no liquid left. Adjust heat as needed. This boiling down of the milk will take 30 min or longer, depending on the width of the pot.

Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan over med-low flame. When hot, put in the carrot mixture. Stir and fry until the carrots no longer have a wet, milky look. They should turn a rich reddish color. This takes about 10-15 min. Then add sugar, raisins and pistachios/ Stir and fry another 2 min.

Serve warm or at room temp with whipped cream on the side.

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this is about the only food i can cook and some how, miraculously, it turns out great every time.

My recipe is along the same lines as urs, minus the whip.

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Thanks Mama for sharing !

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Only 5 tablespoons sugar for 6 carrots??? Are you sure?. This sounds more like gajar ka achaar than halwa :D

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We too make it like this but in huge quantity , means 5,6kg carrots and 6,7 litres of milk and sugar to taste, dry the milk and add khoya in the end. :love:

Oh bhayeo, khoya ki english kia hoti hai ? :konfused:

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^coconut.

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Thank you mama!!! I am gonna try it tomorrow :hula:

I haven’t had carrot halva in a LONG time!! :slight_smile:

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by SaadiaB: *
^coconut.
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Actually Khoya is made by adding lemon juice to milk. It breaks up the milk into white pieces :) I think rus gullas and qalaqand is made from Khoya as well.

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cardamom pods??

its ok..i googled it..they even had pictures...anyway..im gona try this

thanks :)

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So what's the difference between paneer and khoya?

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Paneer is a cheese item, isn't it? Koya is coconut.

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Khoya is highly condensed milk, like it is boiled and stirred until it solidifies. In a nutshell, khoya is milk minus water.

Paneer is made by spoiling the milk using lemon.

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But Rukhsarbibi said that it was khoya that was made by adding lemon juice to milk...........so who's right?

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http://www.daawat.com/recipes/indian/basics/khoya.htm

there shahreen, I am always right! :queen:

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Shahreen: *
But Rukhsarbibi said that it was khoya that was made by adding lemon juice to milk...........so who's right?
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Nop !. Khoya is as Chandbeti said. highly condensed milk. Its made by heating full cream fresh milk for long time until it becomes semi solid.

If you add lemon to milk it will become paneer(cheese) after boiling. It one of the 1001 ways to make cheese

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by SaadiaB: *
^coconut.
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Coconut is * Nareeal* in urdu. Also it is called ** khopra** i think. You may have confused it with khoya :)

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here you go

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Very nice. Brings back memories of home. My mom is such a good cook. I also love Sujee ka halwa with pistachios, almonds and raisins. Yum.

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I have heard ppl replace khoya with ricota cheese.
Havn't tried it myself but it's suppose to do the same thing.

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Re: Carrot Halva

Just got a tip for u guys from the show "chicken corner".
Use powdered milk to replace khoya.

I am defenitely gonna try it.