Easiest Way to Make Perfect Beetroot Halwa

Beetroot Halwa.

You can have Beetroot Halwa using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Beetroot Halwa

1. Prepare 500 gms of beetroot (grated).
2. You need 700 gms of milk.
3. It's 1/2 cup of fresh milk cream(optional).
4. You need 1 tbsp of ghee.
5. It's 1/2 cup of sugar.
6. It's Pinch of cardamom(elaichi) powder.
7. You need Pinch of nutmeg(jaiphal) powder.
8. It's of Few strands of Saffron(kesar).
9. You need of For Garnishing.
10. You need of Cashew.
11. You need of Pistachios.
12. You need of Raisin(kishmish).

Beetroot Halwa instructions

1. Take ghee in a big wok(kadai). Saute grated beetroots in ghee..
2. In the meantime, take milk in another and let it boil. Reduce the flame to minimum after one boil. Keep on stirring in between, so that milk doesn't stick at the bottom of the pot..
3. When water in beetroot dries up completely, pour approximately 1/3rd of the milk into beetroot. Assuming that the milk has got one boil till then as mentioned in step 2..
4. Keep on stirring in both the vessels. Note: By doing these steps in parallel, the cooking time is reduced significantly. You can add the entire milk into beetroot at a time also..
5. When the majority of milk has turned into mava (absorbed by beetroot), again add half of the remaining milk into beetroot..
6. By repeating the same process, you add all the remaining milk into the beetroot. Add saffron..
7. Saute till complete milk is absorbed. Add sugar at this stage. Also add fresh cream..
8. Saute till halwa starts releasing ghee and halwa doesn't stick in wok (kadai)..
9. Take it off the stove. Mix cardamom powder and nutmeg powder. Garnish with cashew, pistachios and raisins..