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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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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Cornflour Halwa Recipe

Delicious cornflour halwa made easy under 30 mins. You just need basic ingredients to make this halwa.

Ingredients:

Cornflour - 1 cup
Sugar - 2 cups
Water - 2 cups
Ghee - 100 ml
Cashew nuts - 3 tblsp
Yellow food colour - a pinch

Method:

• Mix cornflour, 2 tsp ghee and water in a bowl.
• In a kadai, take water and sugar and melt it and cook till it reaches 1 string consistency.
• Then add in the cornflour mix and keep mixing till it gets thick.
• Now add in ghee little by little and keep mixing till the halwa gets thick and leave the sides of the kadai.
• Add in food colour and mix well.
• Pour the halwa in to a greased plate and sprinkle with chopped cashews.
• Let the halwa cool down and cut into pieces.
• Serve.

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