Instant Pot Gajar Halwa (Carrot Pudding)
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recipe by Garima Gakkhar https://thisthatmore.blog/
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- Total Time
- 20mins
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- Serves
- 12
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- Calories
- 135
Gajar Halwa (or Carrot Pudding) is an aromatic and delicious Indian dessert made by cooking grated carrots with milk, sugar, cardamoms, almonds and raisins. It is very easy to make this delicious dish in an Instant Pot. Gajar ka Halwa is one of the most popular Indian desserts. There are different variations of this dish. I don’t like sweets much, but I love eating Gajar Halwa a lot. It tastes yummy when served Hot. In many parts of India, Gajar ka Halwa is made in every home during winters. It is also served at restaurants and sweetmeat shops. In the Instant Pot, you just add everything in the pot and pressure cook it and let Instant Pot do its magic. While on stove-top, it is more time-consuming. First, you have to cook carrots on low-heat and when they turn a little soft, you need to add milk and keep stirring.
Inspired by: https://thisthatmore.blog/gajar-halwa-carrot-pudding/recipe updated Nov 17, 2021
Ingredients
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- Almonds
- 25 g
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- Carrot
- 455 g
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- Cardamom pods
- 6
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- Fennel seeds
- 1 teaspoon
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- Raisins
- 15 g
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- Saffron threads
- 5 sprigs
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- Milk
- 240 ml
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- Sugar
- 100 g
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- Water
- 60 ml
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- Shredded coconut
- 25 g
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- Ghee
- 5 tablespoons
Tools
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Stove
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Instant Pot
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Saucepan
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Inner pot
Step preview
- Add saffron threads and milk to a clean saucepan
- Boil while stirring frequently
- Once it turns yellow, remove from the stove and keep it aside
- Pre-heat the inner pot - Sauté, Normal
- Then add ghee to the inner pot
- Cook until hot - Sauté, Normal, 1 min
- Then add almonds to the inner pot
- Fry - Sauté, approx 2 min
- Remove almonds from the inner pot
- Transfer milk mixture to inner pot
- Add carrot, sugar, water, cardamom pods, fennel seeds and shredded coconut to the inner pot and mix
- Close and lock the lid and turn the steam release handle to Sealing
- Pressure cook, High for 2 minutes, then quick-release the pressure
- Add fried almonds and stir
- Add raisins and ghee to the inner pot while stirring frequently
- Serve with some more garnished almonds with fennel seeds powder.