Gajjar Halwa
Simple recipe for Gajjar Halwa in an Instant Pot.
Equipment
- Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 1 lb carrots trimmed and peeled
- 3 tbsp ghee
- 1/2 cup dry fruits of your choice I used almonds, cashews and raisins
- 4 green cardamom
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1/3 cup condense milk
- 8-10 strands of saffron
- 2 tsp cardamom powder
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup almond flour
Instructions
- Shred the carrots using a grater or food processor and keep them aside.
- Turn on the instant pot on sauté setting; once the pot is warm add 2 tbsp ghee.
- Once the ghee is melted as the dry fruits and green cardamoms and sauté them until light brown.
- Add shredded carrots to the pot and sauté for 5 minutes.
- Stir in the milk, condense milk and saffron.
- Close the lid of the instant pot, set the pressure release to sealing and change the setting to pressure cook timed for 30 minutes on high pressure.
- Allow the pressure to naturally release for 5 minutes, then quick release by moving the pressure release to venting.
- Change the setting to sauté; add 1 tbsp ghee, sugar, almond flour and cardamom powder. Mix everything together and stir occasionally until most of the moisture has evaporated and the carrots start sticking to the bottom, around ~10 minutes.
- Transfer the halwa into a heat safe bowl, garnish with chopped dry fruits and dried rose petals.
- Serve warm!