Beetroot Halwa - Easy Halwa recipes

Beetroot halwa is a very easy sweet which can be prepared by beginners too. This was the only form in which I had beetroots during my childhood. I used to love this sweet prepared by my mother. This is a perfect way to include beetroot for kids who otherwise are fussy about eating this.

Beetroot halwa Recipe

Serves : 3

Ingredients

• Grated beetroot  -  2 heaped cups
• Sugar  -  a little less than 1 cup(1 cup minus 1 tbsp)
• Milk  - 2 cups
• Ghee  -  3 tbsp
• Almonds - 15
• Cardamom powder  -  a pinch

Method

1. Peel the skin of the beetroot and wash thoroughly. Grate them using the big or small sized holes in the grater. I used 1 big sized beetroot and when grated it came to 2 heaped cups.
2. Boil little water in a vessel and once it starts to boil add the almonds to that and switch off the stove. This is called blanching the almonds, which makes peeling the skin easier.
3. Peel the skin of the almonds and cut them into thin strips.
4. In a wide bottomed pan, take 1 tbsp of ghee and fry the almond strips and keep aside.
5. In the same pan add another 1 tbsp of ghee and fry the grated beetroots till the raw smell slightly goes away. This might take about 5 minutes.
6. Now add the 2 cups of milk and mix well. Cook the beetroots in the milk with constant stirring in between.
7. The milk has to evaporate, by when the beetroots will also be cooked. Keep stirring in between.
8. After the milk has almost evaporated add the sugar and mix well. Once sugar is added, the mixture again becomes watery. Continue to cook till it solidifies.
9. Add the remaining 1 tbsp ghee and cardamom powder and mix well.
10. Add the fried almond strips and switch off the stove once it leaves the sides of the pan.
11. Serve hot or chilled. This stays good for 2 to 3 days if refrigerated.

Notes

• I have used almonds here. You can also use cashew nuts in place of almonds. If using cashews directly fry them in ghee and add it at the end.
• I used low fat milk and didn't find any difference in the taste. You can use full cream milk if you wish. Also I did not boil the milk beforehand and just added them as is for cooking the beetroots.