Beetroot Halwa Recipe

Beetroot halwa this is one of the easiest sweet recipe you can do it .My first attempt on sweets was beetroot halwa and carrot halwa for my mom's birthday long back.The carrot halwa came very good but i didn't like beetroot halwa becoz of too much beetroot flavor.I haven't used milk in both the sweets and i cooked carrot and beetroot before making and pureed it. Later i never tried beetroot halwa.

 Few weeks back we went to a restaurant which has a village style healthy cooking dosa's ,idly's and poori's made up of millet.There i saw beetroot halwa in the menu and we thought to try it ,but my luck its over already ,then i thought that i should try at home once. 

The recipe i given below have equal ratio of Milk and Beetroot i.e 1:1 ratio.The preparation method and taste is almost same as carrot halwa.
Click here for the Nutritional Benefits of Beetroot.
 Do try and share your comments as well as recipe pics... 

Beetroot Halwa

Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Sweets
Preparation Time:25 mins | Serves: 2

Ingredients

Beetroot - 1 1/2 cup (grated)

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Milk-1 1/2 cup

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Sugar-1/2 cup

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Ghee-3 tbsp

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Elachi | Cardamon powder- 1/2 tsp

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Nuts of your Choice

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Method:

1. Always use a Thick bottom pan to prepare sweets.
2. Add the grated beetroot in the pan and saute till all the water in beetroot evaporates.

3. Its not mandatory that you need to completely dry the moisture.Now add in the milk and cook till the milk reduced completely.
4. It takes - 8-10 mins.Once reduced add in the sugar ,elachi powder and cook till it becomes thick and glossy.

5. Now add in the ghee and reduce the flame a bit and keep mixing till it become sticky and thick halwa like consistency as in the pic.

6. Now in a seperate pan fry the nuts and add it to the halwa.
7. Yummy beetroot halwa is ready.....

Notes:

• The beetroot and milk should be on 1: 1 ratio.
• Once cool down the halwa will be thickened .so remove from flame accordingly.
• I used pistachio and cashew .use any nuts of your choice.
• You can also used unsweetened khoya to increase the richness.But milk itself enough for the richness.
• Click here to check the nutritional benefits of Beetroot.

   Check out my other halwa Recipes:
   1.Banana Halwa
   2.Bottle Gourd Halwa | Sorakaya Halwa

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Sorakaya Halwa | Bottlegourd Halwa | Lauki ka Halwa

Sorakaya Halwa | Bottlegourd Halwa | Lauki ka Halwa is a sweet indian dessert made from bottle gourd and milk as a main ingredient.Got Bored of doing same gravies using bottle gourd,then do try this juicy sweet dessert,its perfect for the person who hate bottle gourd too,as its very difficult to find that its has bottle gourd in it. Here is the Recipe From Dhivis Pantry-Surakai Halwa | Lauki Halwa.Do try and share your comments as well as recipe pics...  Check out my other Halwa Recipes:

1.Banana Halwa

Dudhi Halwa | Sorakaya Halwa

Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Sweets
Preparation Time:25 mins | Serves: 3-4

Ingredients

Bottle Gourd | Sorakai-2 Cups

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Milk-2 Cups

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Sugar- 3/4 cup

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Chopped nuts- 2 tbsp

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Raisin | Dry grapess- 1 tbsp

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Ghee- 3 or 4 tbsp

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Elachi powder-1 tsp

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Green food color-a pinch(op)

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Method:

1. Peel the outer skin of bottle gourd and grate it.
2. No need to boil milk ,use it directly from the packet .

3. In a hot pan add ghee ,in that fry cashew and raisins till cashew turn goldon or till raisins puffed.
4. Now add in grated Bottle gourd and cook till all the water/moisture evapourates.

5. Now add the milk ,green food color and cook till moisture evaporates.(After adding milk it will curdled as show in pic ,so dont wry abt it)

6. Once all the moisture evaporates ,add the sugar and cook till it start leaving the pan ( if you want juicy halwa like me stop here it self).
7. Cook for few more mins till u get halwa consistency ,i mean the halwa should not stick to the pan.
8. Yummy halwa is ready.. I always serve halwa with Vanila icecream...Do try this once....

Notes:

• If you want you can add Khoya to increase the richness..
• I have used oly 1 cup Milk here.
• Usually i use less sugar for deserts .so increase sugar as per your taste.
• If you are a first timer,do try halwa's in non stick pan.
• Adding Green color is optional,just for the sake of photograph i have used it.

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Banana Halwa | Vaalaipala Halwa

Banana Halwa | Vaalaipala Halwa

         

  We all eat bananas often, but banana halwa is unusual right? When I tried this for first time I liked the smell around the house .And when you refrigerate and use, the texture will be almost similar as refrigerated Tirunelveli halwa,you won’t believe, this is very easy one and anyone who knows basic cooking can do it just like that. Try it out and surprise everyone ;).   

Banana Halwa

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Sweets
Preparation Time:30 mins | Serves: 2

Ingredients

Fully ripped banana-4 (I took long yellow one)

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Sugar-3/4 cup

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Ghee-1/2 cup

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Elachi powder-1/2 tbsp

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Cashew-5 to 6

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Method:

1. In a bowl add random cut bananas, ghee, sugar and smash it with a potato smasher or you can blend it in a mixer.
2. In a nonstick pan add smashed puree and start cooking it for about 5 to 7 mins keep stirring occasionally.
3. After some time the color changes as in the pic 1, now start stirring often.
4. Now the puree is almost thickened as in the pic 2, add the elachi powder and reduce the flame to medium low to avoid burning.
5. Halwa is almost done, add the fried cashews pieces and you can see the ghee start coming out as in pic 3.
6. Your delicious halwa is ready taste it and send me your comments…

Notes:

• You can reduce ghee and add sunflower oil instead.
• Also you can add nuts of your choice.