Who don't like this delicious yet easy halwa, but if you made it traditional way, you have to cook it with lot of ghee, dry fruits, mawa, milk, sugar and then after you feel so guilty that you had this much more than you supposed to and promised yourself that you are not going to eat it. But I will show you how to make this delicious halwa healthy way so you can eat it without guilt. Well we are little health freak but never compromising on taste. We are not using sugar in this halwa, instead we are going to use naturally sweet dates puree.
To make puree of dates, soaked them in hot water for 20-30 minutes, when its nice and soft make a fine paste using little or less water. IF you have leftover puree, make something else , its will last for up to a week in fridge. So all the awesome food lovers out there, this is for you.
Ingredients:
1 lb. carrots (washed and grated)
4 tbsp. gulkand (rose petals) if you don't have this , use more date paste.
Date Paste to taste, remember carrots and gulkand both are sweet so use it accordingly (soak dates in water for 15 minutes and make a fine puree in blender and use it as needed)
1/2 cup Mawa
1/2 cup milk / heavy cream / almond milk / coconut milk / evaporated milk
nuts per your choice I used cashew and black raisins
1 tbsp. ghee
Pinch of cardamom powder
Method:
Heat a non stick pan, add ghee in it, add carrots and cook for 5 minutes.
Then add mawa , cardamom powder and milk and cook until its almost dry.
Add gulkand and date paste and nuts and cook till no water is there and halwa become dry.
Total time would be 20-30 minutes.
Serve hot or cold as per your choice. I like it hot in winter and cold in summer with vanilla ice cream.
You can make fig puree and use it too. Add any nuts you like. To make it vegan use almond milk or coconut milk and omit mawa.
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To make puree of dates, soaked them in hot water for 20-30 minutes, when its nice and soft make a fine paste using little or less water. IF you have leftover puree, make something else , its will last for up to a week in fridge. So all the awesome food lovers out there, this is for you.
Ingredients:
1 lb. carrots (washed and grated)
4 tbsp. gulkand (rose petals) if you don't have this , use more date paste.
Date Paste to taste, remember carrots and gulkand both are sweet so use it accordingly (soak dates in water for 15 minutes and make a fine puree in blender and use it as needed)
1/2 cup Mawa
1/2 cup milk / heavy cream / almond milk / coconut milk / evaporated milk
nuts per your choice I used cashew and black raisins
1 tbsp. ghee
Pinch of cardamom powder
Method:
Heat a non stick pan, add ghee in it, add carrots and cook for 5 minutes.
Then add mawa , cardamom powder and milk and cook until its almost dry.
Add gulkand and date paste and nuts and cook till no water is there and halwa become dry.
Total time would be 20-30 minutes.
Serve hot or cold as per your choice. I like it hot in winter and cold in summer with vanilla ice cream.
You can make fig puree and use it too. Add any nuts you like. To make it vegan use almond milk or coconut milk and omit mawa.
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Looks very tempting...
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ReplyDeleteGreat idea!! I can totally relate to overeating the traditional halwa and then feeling bad..
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ReplyDeleteI love how you have made the halwa so much healthier! It's a great idea to add the date paste.
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ReplyDeleteWith all these healthy ingredients, I bet this halwa taste wonderful.
ReplyDeletelovely Halwa, Linsy. Thank you so much for dropping by and linking it to FR- Event.
ReplyDeleteThis halwa is definitely very flavorful, tasty and aromatic.
ReplyDeleteWow hot halwa with rose petals in winter that is simply awesooome Linsy.
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