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Beetroot Halwa or Chukandar Ka Halwa Recipe
Traditional Indian halwa or pudding made with grated beetroots, milk, sugar, cardamom and nuts. Recipe with step by step photos and video.
Prep Time
10
minutes
mins
Cook Time
25
minutes
mins
Total Time
35
minutes
mins
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Indian
Servings:
3
Calories:
539
kcal
Author:
Hari Chandana Ponnaluri
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
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:
539
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
73
g
|
Protein:
8
g
|
Fat:
25
g
|
Saturated Fat:
13
g
|
Cholesterol:
54
mg
|
Sodium:
143
mg
|
Potassium:
623
mg
|
Fiber:
3
g
|
Sugar:
64
g
|
Vitamin A:
295
IU
|
Vitamin C:
4.5
mg
|
Calcium:
207
mg
|
Iron:
1.5
mg