Gajar ka Halwa with Vanilla Ice cream

Gajar ka Halwa is our winter favorite. The lovely sweetness of carrots mixed with sugar and milk and a hint of cardamom with desi ghee leaves you taste buds asking for more.

We always loved the idea of warm Brownies and vanilla ice cream. In fact, my kids are big fans of warm brownies/ cake with Ice cream. Its a desert that they would give away their lunch for. Anyways,  Mr. Parveez happens to be almost  the same when it comes to warm Brownies with Ice cream. With time he wanted try warm halwa with cold ice cream. I wouldn’t have tried making this had it come from someone else, but since it was my biggest food fan, I had to try it.

Warm Halwa and cold ice cream is a super awesome combination. Its something you will only understand after you try it. In this recipe I am sharing the recipe for Gajar ka Halwa and how I combined it with Vanilla ice cream. You can always check the Vanilla Ice cream recipe in the Dessert/ Sweet section.

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Gajar ka Halwa with Vanilla Ice cream

Warm carrot pudding served with cold ice cream.

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Cuisine

Indian, Mughlai

Prep Time

20 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Servings

people MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

• 1 Kg Carrots skinned, washed and grated
• 6 cups Whole Milk
• 1 can condensed milk
• 1 cup Sugar More or less according to your taste
• 1/4 tsp Nutmeg powder
• 1/4 tsp Cinnamon powder
• 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
• 2 tbsp Kewra water Screwpine water
• 1/4 tsp saffron strands
• 1/4 cup Ghee / Oil
• 12 scoops Vanilla ice cream
• 1/2 cup Mixed nuts Almonds & Pistachios, chopped

Cuisine Indian, Mughlai Prep Time 20 minutes Cook Time 30 minutes Servings people MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 1 Kg Carrots skinned, washed and grated 6 cups Whole Milk 1 can condensed milk 1 cup Sugar More or less according to your taste 1/4 tsp Nutmeg powder 1/4 tsp Cinnamon powder 1/2 tsp cardamom powder 2 tbsp Kewra water Screwpine water 1/4 tsp saffron strands 1/4 cup Ghee / Oil 12 scoops Vanilla ice cream 1/2 cup Mixed nuts Almonds & Pistachios, chopped

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Instructions

1. Add Ghee to a pan. Add carrots and roast them in the ghee for 10 mins on low to medium flame.

   
2. Add Milk, condensed milk, cardamom powder and cinnamon powder. Cook on low flame while stirring continuously on low to medium heat. Do not try to cook the halwa on high flame or it might stick to the bottom, burning the halwa. Add sugar, if needed. After around 15 minutes of constant stirring, add saffron strands and kewra water. Cook till the water dries up completely.

   
3. To assemble the fusion, add a little Gajar Halwa at the bottom. I used Martini glass, but you can always use a regular deep bowl. Add the Vanilla ice cream on top.

   
4. Make a few small balls of Gajar Halwa and add on top of vanilla ice cream. Add chopped mixed nuts. Serve.