Yesterday, Lil’M wants to go out and I had no idea where to take her. I thought of taking her to park…but it was very sunny…then I thought I will take her to vegetable market…but she won’t enjoy going there….finally I decided to take her to ‘Total Mall’ which is near to my place and I can buy needed grocery and vegetables too. We had our lunch little early and left to mall.
Being week day, there was no rush. I took my time roaming all around the mall with Lil’M who was happily enjoying sitting in the shopping trolley. After doing my window shopping for props, I stopped at the vegetable counter. I like neatly arranged fresh fruits and vegetables in the malls. After picking up fruits in the season, I picked up some vegetables too. Slender, long and orange color carrots caught my attention. They look so beautiful…with that orange hue. I packed a klilo right there. After going around the clothes section and buying around the necessary grocery…I completed my shopping for the day. By this time…Lil’M was also exhausted and wanted to go home. So on the way we packed up some donuts and returned home.
By the time we reached home, Lil’M dozed off…I tucked her in the bed and made some tea to soothe my senses and started arranging the things in the pantry. Then when I was keeping the carrots in the fridge, I thought of making halwa with those beauties. As I was going to visit a friends place on weekend, I thought I will make halwa and carry with me to give her as she loves gajar ka halwa.
By the time I grated the carrots, Lil’M got up from her power nap and I went to attend her wondering how I am going to make halwa??? After sometime when Lil’M got busy playing around and watching her favourite ‘Tom & Jerry’…I rushed into the kitchen to make halwa….but lil’M kept on bugging me to play with her…as I can’t avoid her…I thought of giving a try to make gajar ka halwa in microwave. So for the first time, I made gajar ka halwa in microwave.
If you know my blog from the beginning then you may know my fondness towards gajar ka halwa. The soft, crunchy and juicy carrots when cooked in milk, ghee and sugar…along with aromatic cardamom powder…..the result is droolicious. Yet gajar ka halwa is my second favorite recipe in the favorite recipe series….where I am celebrating my love for food this Valentine’s month. I loved making this in microwave as it took less effort and I don’t even need
to stand long in the kitchen stirring all the time.
to stand long in the kitchen stirring all the time.
When I packed this and carried to a friend, she was very happy to see her favorite sweet and happier to knew that it was made in microwave with minimal effort. So here is the recipe, which involves simple steps in making this gorgeous dessert.
Linking this gajar ka halwa to Priya’s Valentine’s Day Recipe Contest at her blog Priya’s Versatile Recipes, Pari’s Cooking For My Valentine @ her blog Foodelicious and to ‘I Must Make That’ event by Manasai’s @ A Cook @ Heart.
Microwave Gajar Ka Halwa
INGREDIENTS:
- 3 long pinkish winter Carrots, peeled and grated
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1½ cups low-fat Milk
- ½ tbsp. Cardamom powder
- 3 tbsp. Ghee
- 2-3 tbsp. silvered Almonds
- Silver foil (Chandi Ka Varq)
How to make Microwave Gajar Ka Halwa | Carrot Halwa
PREPARATION:
- In a microwave safe bowl add ghee and add grated carrots. Microwave on high for 3 minutes.
- Now add milk and stir gently. Microwave on high for another 5-6 minutes, stirring for every two minutes.
- Add cardamom powder and sugar. Stir again. Now microwave for another 5-6 minutes on high or until the carrots turn soft and milk is completely absorbed.
- Take another microwave safe bowl and add 1 tbsp. ghee and silvered almonds. Microwave on high for one minute or until the color of the silvered almonds slightly change.
- Now add this to the above halwa and decorate with silver foil. Serve hot or chilled.
- Add love to make this microwave gajar ka halwa taste ‘YUMMY’.
Points to Remember
- When I peeled and grated the carrots, they made 2 cups to me.
- Adjust sugar according to your taste. Remember if you are using long pink carrots then you need little less sugar compared to normal carrots.
- When you add sugar, the mixture turns watery. Microwave till all the water is absorbed.
How to Serve Gajar Ka Halwa | Carrot Halwa
- Serve Microwave Gajar ka Halwa | Carrot ka Halwa with warm gulab jamuns.
- You can serve with vanilla ice cream too. You can even grease a baking tray with ghee and pour in
gajar ka halwa. When it turns cool, cut into pieces or roll into balls and garnish with pistachio or almonds or cashews. Serve as fudge. - You can even serve hot gajar ka halwa with piping hot roti’s/phulka’s.
- Add your ‘love’ to make this Microwave Gajar kK Halwa taste ‘YUMMY’.
GIVEAWAY:
Now time to Guess & Win contest….as I mentioned in my earlier post that I am going to celebrate this Valentine’s Month with three of my favorite recipes in honor of my love for food….I have already posted two recipes. Guess my third favorite recipe and win a copy of Cooking With Love cookbook by Sanjeev Kapoor. This giveaway is
open worldwide. To enter giveaway just drop down your answer in the comment section. You get only one chance to answer.
open worldwide. To enter giveaway just drop down your answer in the comment section. You get only one chance to answer.
You can check the details of the book at amazon. Giveaway ends on 27/Feb/2013.
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Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj says
i guessed something with choco strawberry combo……..
Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj says
Followed your thru FB, TWITTER, G+ N RSS…
Shruti Dhingra Wahi says
Looks yummy !!!
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kitchen queen says
hmmmmmmmmm yummy lip smacking carrot halwa.
sowmya(creative saga) says
Lovely pics…so tempting..
Helen Prabha says
Wow….halwa looks so delicious…. Pictures are wonderful…. 🙂
Kaveri Venkatesh says
Beautiful pics Lubna..and delicious halwa
Vimitha Anand says
Awesome clicks and a yummy dessert
Rafeeda A. Raheem says
lovely halwa… really yum… i just bought this book through flipkart last month, and i'm really looking forward to trying some recipe from it… 🙂
Veena Theagarajan says
My fav dessert and I cannot take eyes off the clicks so nice
Sharmi says
your favourite must be a Hyderabadi Special probably Hyderabadi Biryani!!
(Fingers Crossed)
radha says
Lovely pictures. Since you have already posted a meat, a dessert recipe I should think the next one would be a biryani.
Prathima Rao says
Simply stunning & delicious!!
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner
Chitra says
halwa looks great..Ur next recipe must b chicken biryani 😉
divya says
Gosh, looks so tempting..
Achu says
Amazing and so tempting carrot halwa!!! 🙂 Followed as per rules such as Google plus,FB,RSS and Twitter.
@tangymindsachu on twitter.
Starters – Lamb Soup Dessert Carrot Halwa.So I am guessing the main dish will be Chicken Dum Dum Biryani with Kebab.
Suja Manoj says
Tempting carrot halwa,lovely clicks..
Valarmathi Sanjeev says
I love this carrot halwa…whenever i make this i remember u bcos u taught me this. I think your third most favorite recipe is Hyderabadi Dum Chicken Biriyani.
SANBLOG says
Here Kabab
Hamaree Rasoi says
Lovely looking gajar ka halwa. Pics are awesome.Even I prepared it a couple of weeks back. My guess is that your next post would be cupcakes with butter cream icings. Let us all wait and see.
Deepa
Home Cooked Oriya Food says
biryani probably….
love the carrot halwa!
lubna says
Yummm looking gajar ka halwa dear…
i guess its home made chocolates or cake pops coming up next!!
ykristen says
Love carrot halwa, my guess is chicken briyani
Sayantani says
what beautiful clicks Lubna. love the carrot click the most. beautiful light and gorgeous colour.
Love gajar halwa and should make it once this season.
between I guess you are going to make some cupcakes in your next post. pretty, colourful for our darling lil M.
Aps prabhu says
i will pick those bowls now!!
and ur fav recipe may be hyderabadi biryani!
dont know if it wud be the third 😉
kausers kitchen says
My fav halwa, looks tempting…luvly clicks dear.
cumincoriandercardamom.com says
Love the photo of carrots hanging in air!
Lubna Karim says
I really wonder where did you find carrots hanging in my post… cumincoriandercardamom.com
Vrinda says
Thats one easy method,will giv a try..lovely pics
Kitchen Queen says
cooking next is something with rice or say biryani. miss indian carrots for this halwa. nice clicks and dish too.
♥LOVE2COOK MALAYSIA♥ says
What a gorgeous carrot halwa you"ve got there! I never had it before in my whole life. Should try some day.
Hurmmm..I'm very bad in guessing.
Rajani says
Hot Gajar halwa paired with super cold ice cream is a fav combo at our home. I do dtand stirring for a long time, so I'd love to try this microwave version..
Loved your pics, as always.
Lail Hossain says
I use microwave only to reheat food but your microwave halwa looks lovely and yummy. Awesome photos.
Lail Hossain says
I use microwave only to reheat food but yours look delicious. Lovely photos.
shwetha shenoy says
I think your third favourite recipe is either chocolate love ( cake ) or Hydrabadi Dum Chicken Biryani. I want to win the book as prize as I am big fan of Sanjeev Kapoor sir. I am a handicap. As I cannot cook by myself , I like to read recipe books as I have interest in cooking.
prathibha Garre says
Pics look very nice Lubna…I wish you could share a small bowl of halwa wid me..eagerly waiting 2 see ur next post what it would be..my guess would be some main course-Dum biriyani(veg or non veg)
Priti S says
yum …love this anyday…nice pics and love the new header…very cool
Priti S says
next dum briyani? cupcake …?
Divya Pramil says
Loved the first click awesome and every click is so unique in its own way 🙂 Hmm I guess it must be a chocolate based dessert?
Ummu Azi says
delicious halwa and lovely clicks..
Azee says
I think the next dish would be some chicken dish may be grilled/tandoori chicken…
Sunshine And Smile says
One of those sweets that I can never get enough of 🙂
Chaitra Dev says
Koftho ka curry, Gajjar ka halwa i mean carrot halwa and raw mango pulihora are your favorites
Tisa Jacob says
Love this space of yours. Your pictures are gorgeous and has turned me into a carrot halwa believer:))
Shylaja Praveen says
Halwa looks gorgeous.Lovely pictures
Pari Vasisht says
Dear Lubna,
Thanks for linking it to my event. As a part of the rules you had to mention Foodelicious and Cuponation before the recipe. Pls do that and let me know as I'm in the process of moderating links and rounding up the event. SPECIAL FEBRUARY EVENT, COOKING FOR MY VALENTINE + e VOUCHER GIVEAWAY
FEBRUARY EVENT, ‘ONLY’ VEGAN COOKING+ COOKBOOK GIVEAWAY
Rosa's Yummy Yums says
A wonderful halwa!
Cheers,
Rosa
Rita Bose says
Lovely gajar ka halwa! Wonderful snaps! I am your new follower. Do visit/follow my blog at- http://www.rita-bose-cooking.com/.
Raksha says
This halwa is my favorite.
I think U will make strawberry muffins as ur next recipe 🙂
Meenal Ramanathan says
i guess it might be a cake or biryani
Meenal Ramanathan says
i think it must be a cake or biryani
Rashida Shaikh says
They looks yummy and pictures are as good as always…:)
Dershana says
lovely clicks, as usual. i love carrot halwa too. skipping the competition just dropped in to say hi 🙂
Sailaja says
Love the way you capture any recipe. Might be biryani (chicken or mutton) .
Shama Nagarajan says
May be a soup / biriyani..inviting halwa
Pinky says
Lovely clicks Lubna…It has to be savoury…mostly a Biryani….Lets see. 🙂
Priya says
Thanks for sending this beautiful halwa Lubna to my event, actually i love the fact that microwave cooking always retains the colour of the veggies or fruits our dishes goes for, such a beautiful carrot halw, i dont bother to have a ramekin rite now.I guess your next post is going to be something meaty.
Maayeka says
Your clicks are awesome !!!!loved your version of carrot halwa.next post may be a daal or spicy curry:)
Amina says
carrot halwa looks delicious… mouth watering….
Spice Foodie says
I haven't made halwa but have been wanting too. You make is look so easy and good. Thanks for being a part of the YBR.
MonuTeena RecipesPassion says
this made me drooling 😛 wonderful presentation… u r a real food blooggeeerrr/// lovely
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