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    Home » Recipes » Kids Recipes

    Last Updated: July 17, 2020 | First Published on: June 28, 2018 by Hari Chandana Ponnaluri

    Beetroot Halwa Recipe – Chukandar Ka Halwa Recipe {Video}

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    Few More Halwa Recipes on the blog:

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    Beetroot Halwa or Chukandar Ka Halwa Recipe Video:

    Beetroot Halwa or Chukandar Ka Halwa Recipe

    Hari Chandana Ponnaluri
    Traditional Indian halwa or pudding made with grated beetroots, milk, sugar, cardamom and nuts. Recipe with step by step photos and video.
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 25 minutes mins
    Total Time 35 minutes mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine Indian
    Servings 3
    Calories 539 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 cups Grated Beetroots
    • 2 cups Milk boiled and cooled
    • 3 tbsp Ghee
    • ½ tsp Cardamom Powder
    • 15 Cashew Nuts
    • 1 tbsp Raisins
    • 1 tbsp Sliced Almonds
    • ¾ cup Sugar
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    Instructions
     

    • Wash, peel and grate beetroots and keep it aside.
    • Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed pan and fry the almonds and cashews until light golden color.
    • Then add raisins to it and continue roasting until golden color.
    • Remove the nuts from the ghee and keep it aside.
    • In the same pan, add the grated beetroots and saute for about 5-6 minutes or until the raw smell disappears. 
    • Pour milk and cook over a high flame until milk evaporates. It may take 10 – 15 minutes. Stir occasionally. 
    • Now add sugar and cardamom powder and combine.
    • Keep stirring over a medium flame until it forms a mass and leaving the sides of the pan.
    • This will thicken more as it cools.
    • Add fried nuts and combine.
    • Serve!

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    Nutrition

    Calories: 539kcalCarbohydrates: 73gProtein: 8gFat: 25gSaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 54mgSodium: 143mgPotassium: 623mgFiber: 3gSugar: 64gVitamin A: 295IUVitamin C: 4.5mgCalcium: 207mgIron: 1.5mg

    Nutrition values are estimates only.

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    How to Make Beetroot Halwa Recipe with Step by Step Photos:

    • Start the process with grating the beetroots. Measure the peeled and grated beetroots and keep it aside.

    • Heat ghee in a wide and heavy bottomed pan.
    • Add cashew nuts and silvered or sliced almonds. Roast them on a medium flame until light golden color.

    • When they are lightly roasted, add raisins and continue roasting till light brown color.

    • Remove the roasted nuts from the ghee and keep them aside for later use.

    • In the same ghee, add the grated beetroot and keep stirring for about 5-6 minutes or until the raw smell disappears. This is the very important step.

    • When the beetroots are roasted well in ghee, add 2 cups of boiled and cooled milk to it.

    • Mix well and  Increase the flame to high.

    • Cook the mixture over a high flame until milk evaporates. Keep stirring occasionally.

    • When the mixture is thick, reduce the flame to medium.

    • Now add sugar and cardamom powder. Mix well.

    • the texture of the halwa will be thin again at this stage.

    • Keep stirring over a medium heat until it forms a mass and leaving the sides of the pan.

    • When you get the right consistency, turn off the flame.
    • Add the roasted nuts and combine.
    • The halwa will thicken more as it cools.

     

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    1. vandana says

      July 17, 2018 at 3:43 pm

      seems to be very delicious and the colour is lovely.but what is the quantity of sugar that is to be added?

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      • Hari Chandana Ponnaluri says

        July 17, 2018 at 7:03 pm

        3/4 cup. Sorry for the confusion. Updated the post. Thank you so much! 🙂

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