Beetroot Halwa

Beetroot Halwa is a delicious and unique dessert.It is very healthy for kids and its very simple to prepare. Lets check out the recipe in step by step pics.

Ingredients :

Beetroot - 1 cup grated
Milk - 3/4 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Ghee - 5 tsp
Cashew nuts - as required
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp

Method :

• Grate the fresh beetroot and set aside.
• Heat a pan with ghee, add the cashew nuts and fry them till golden brown and set aside.
• To the same pan, add little more ghee and add the grated beetroots into it.
• Saute it for 2 mins and cover & cook for 2 mins.
• Now add milk and mix it well.
• Cook until all the milk is absorbed and till the beetroot is cooked soft.
• When the beetroot is cooked well,add sugar and cardamom powder.
• Sugar melts and the mixture will turn watery. Stir well until the mixture becomes thick.
• Add the remaining ghee and roasted cashew nuts and mix well.
• Serve the delicious beetroot halwa hot.

Step by step pics :

Heat ghee in a pan

Add cashew nuts

Fry till golden brown

Drain and set aside

Add ghee in the same pan

Add the grated beetroot

Stir well

Cover & cook

Add milk

Mix well

Cover & cook till beetroot turns soft

Beetroots are cooked

Add cardamom

Add sugar

it turns watery

Stir till turns thick

Add ghee

Add cashew nuts

Mix well

Done

Serve

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Gulab Jamun Recipe

Gulab jamun has always been a favorite dessert for many people. There are several variations in preparing gulab jamun. I have prepared it with instant gulab jamun mix. Especially gulab jamun with ice cream is my all time favorite dessert. Gulab Jamun recipe is a very easy recipe and can be prepared by even beginners. Lets check out the recipe by step by step pics.

Ingredients :

Gulab Jamun mix powder - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 1/2 cups
Water - as required
Ghee/oil - for frying

Method :

• Firstly, in a kadai take 1 1/2 cups of sugar with 2 cups of water and get to a boil.
• Then simmer it till the sugar syrup turns sticky to one string consistency.
• Cover it and keep it aside.
• take a mixing bowl and add the instant gulab jamun mix powder into it. 
• Slowly add water and knead it into a smooth and soft dough.
• Let it rest for 10 mins.
• Now grease your hands with ghee and make small balls from the dough.
• Make sure not to have any cracks in making the balls otherwise it will break while deep frying. 
• In a kadai, heat ghee or oil for deep frying the jamuns.
• Keep the stove on medium flame and drop the balls one by one. 
• Fry it till the balls turn golden brown by stirring in-between.
• Switch off the flame and immediately drop the balls into hot sugar syrup.
• Allow them to rest for atleast 20 minutes.
• As the syrup gets absorbed the jamuns double in size.
• Serve hot gulab jamun.

Step by step pics :

Take water in a kadai

Add sugar and mix well

Bring it to boil and keep aside

Take gulab jamun mix powder in a bowl

Add water and make it into soft dough

Allow to rest it for 10 mins

Grease ghee in hand

Take small portion and make it into balls

Done

Heat ghee in a kadai

Drop the balls one by one

deep fry them

fry till golden brown

Drain them

all done

Drop it into sugar syrup

Allow to rest for 20 minutes 

Serve

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Coconut Halwa

Coconut halwa is a most popular and common halwa among all other halwa. It is most commonly prepared during festival reasons in South India. It is very simple and easier which can be tried for even beginners. Lets check out the recipe.

Ingredients :

Milk powder - 1 cup
Water - 3 cups
Sugar - 1 cup
Grated coconut - 2 cups
Ghee - 2 tblsp
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
Sooji/Rawa - 2 tblsp
Nuts - for garnishing

Method :

• Heat a pan over medium flame and add the milk powder.
• Add water to milk powder and mix it.
• Make sure that there is no clumsy in it.
• Now add the sugar and mix it well. 
• Immediately add the grated coconut into it and mix them.
• You can now increase the flame level and cook the coconut.
• Allow it to boil and it gets thicken.
• Once it starts to get thicker, add cardamom powder and mix well.
• And then the ghee and sooji. 
• Stir it well till it forms to thicken.
• Garnish with nuts and serve hot.

Step by step pics :

Add milk powder in a kadai

Add water 

Mix well 

Add sugar

Mix well

Add coconut and mix well

cook coconut well

Add cardamom powder

Add sooji

Add ghee

Done

Serve

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