Beetroot Halwa | Halwa Recipes | Dessert Recipes | Startup Cooking

BEETROOT HALWA | HALWA RECIPES | DESSERT RECIPES | INDIAN DESSERTS | STARTUP COOKING

Beetroot Halwa - a delicious dessert prepared from nutrition rich beetroot, has a rich and creamy texture and tastes similar to carrot halwa. Preparing this delicious dessert at home in traditional way is very simple and requires just 4 basic ingredients - beetroot, milk, sugar and ghee. This halwa even tastier and aromatic by adding  cardamom and roasted cashews. This delicious dessert is always made during festivals and happy occasions like Diwali and New year. This is the perfect sweet treat for get-together and family festivals too. This recipe is easy to prepare and tastes great. Follow my step-by-step photo recipe to prepare Beetroot Halwa. If you like this recipe, share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.

RECIPE FOR BEETROOT HALWA

Course       : Dessert

Cuisine      : Indian

Author       : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time  : 15 min

Cook Time : 45 min

Total Time  : 1 hr

INGREDIENTS

• 1 large beetroot or 2 cup grated beetroot

• 2 cup milk

• 1 cup sugar

• 1/4 cup ghee

• 1/2 tsp cardamom powder

• 2 tbsp cashews

PROCEDURE

• take 1 large beetroot, wash well, trim the edges and peel off the skin

• grate the beetroot using grater

• bring milk to boil in a sauce pan, then switch off the flame

• heat 1 tbsp ghee in a pan

• fry cashews in ghee, it changes golden brown color, remove from the flame and keep it aside

• heat a tbsp of ghee in a pan, add grated beetroot

• saute for 5 minutes in low flame or until the raw smell of beetroot goes

• beetroot leaves the moisture and becomes totally dry

• now add boiled milk

• mix well

• cook in low medium flame for 10-15 minutes

• beetroot becomes soft and cooked well

• keep cook in low flame for the milk to reduce

• milk starts bubbling

• stir well and keep scraping the sides

• once milk is totally reduced, add sugar

• mix well 

• keep cooking and stirring the whole mixture

• now beetroot halwa look glossy and sticky

• keep stirring so that it does not stick to the bottom of the pan

• add ghee little by little and stir well

• add cardamom powder

• mix well

• when the whole mixture becomes dry and non sticky, add fried cashews with remaining ghee

• mix well and switch off the flame

• yummy 😋 delicious 😋 Beetroot Halwa Ready 

• serve warm 😋👌👌

Note :

1. once beetroot cooked well, then add sugar
2. to make halwa faster, pressure cook the beetroot for 1 whistle after the milk is added
3. cook the entire process in low medium flame
4. adjust sugar as per your taste
5. keep in refrigerator for 1 week
6. serve hot or warm
7. tastes yum 😋 

BEETROOT HALWA WITH STEP-BY-STEP PHOTO RECIPE

take 1 large beetroot

trim the edges and peel off the skin, wash well

grate the beetroot using grater

its around 2 cup of grated beetroot

add milk in sauce pan

bring milk to boil well and then switch off the flame, keep it aside

heat a tbsp of ghee in a pan

fry cashews in ghee

it changes golden brown color, switch off the flame and keep it aside

heat a tbsp of ghee in another pan

add grated beetroot

saute well in low flame for 5-8 minutes or until the raw smell of beetroot goes

beetroot leaves the moisture and becomes totally dry

add boiled milk

mix well and cook in low medium flame for 10-15 minutes

milk starts bubbling and keep cook in low flame

beetroot becomes soft and fully cooked

keep cook in low flame for the milk to reduce, stir well and keep scraping the sides

milk is totally reduced

add sugar

mix well

keep cooking and stirring the whole mix

halwa looks glossy and sticky

keep stirring so that it does not stick to the bottom of the pan

add ghee little by little

continue to cook well on low flame

add cardamom powder and a tbsp of ghee, mix well

add fried cashews and the remaining ghee

whole mix becomes dry and non sticky, mix well and switch off the flame

delicious beetroot halwa ready

serve hot or warm