Ingredients:
Beetroots(2-3 large beetroots): i.e; 2 large bowls of grated beetroot
Sugar: for 2 large bowls of beetroot take 3/4th bowl of sugar (Note: if you love sweet then you can take beetroot:sugar in the ratio of 2:1)
Milk powder: 3 spoons (optional)
Ghee: Around 8 spoons
Dry nuts for seasoning (Cashew, Badam, Dry grapes) & powdered Elachi for aroma.
Method:
Grate the beetroots and cook it in cooker (without adding water). 1 whistle is more than sufficient. If possible switch off the cooker even before it makes its 1st whistle. After it cools down a bit, try to remove the excess water in the cooked beetroot. Remember not to squeeze as that will spoil its structure.
In a pan put 4 spoons of ghee to roast the dry nuts (Cashew, Badam, Dry grapes, Elachi) until they turn golden brown. Keep them aside and to the same pan add 4 spoons ghee and add the cooked grated beetroot. Stir on medium flame for 5 minutes. Then add sugar + milk powder to the pan. Stir so that they mix well. Once the sugar melts you will notice the content becomes a little watery. So, you will have to stir occasionally until all water evaporates (on medium/high flame). The consistency should become like that of Carrot Halwa - took me around 20 mins of stirring. Once done, turn off the flame and add the roasted nuts.
You can serve the halwa hot or refrigerate it and serve chilled.
(Note: If you think you added too much sugar and halwa turned out too sweet then you can alter it by adding some grated kobri at the end and stir for an additional 5 mins.)
Hey., try the same wid Raddish also... Eureka !!! its works out !!! u wont get tat raddish smell...instead of milk powder add a little bit of Kova 4m bakery.., Superb taste ...
ReplyDelete@archu: really? Never thought of it... assuming that radish wud have its usual odour. Gotta try sometime :)
ReplyDeleteyep..It works out !!! before cooking juss press those grated raddish 4m ur hand nd remove as much as water nd make it dry..,then add milk while cooking itself in cooker..,Removing of water 4m raddish removes its smell nd adding milk further removes it completely..
ReplyDeleteI experimented on my friend.. She wrongly recognised it as "Kumblakai halva".. nd u can add some color like light yellow or slight orange.. Hope u do kumblakai halva..
ReplyDeletehaha i see. yup adarsh loves kumblakai halwa. i hav done it before. infact halwa maadovaaga avara full support and help irathe :)
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