How to make Gajrela -
Gajar ka halwa with a difference.
This recipe is from FoodFood TV channel & has featured on Turban Tadka.
Main Ingredients : Carrots (गाजर), Milk (दूध)
Cuisine : Uttar Pradesh
Course : Desserts
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Gajrela Recipe Card
Hindi: gajar
If there is one vegetable that is truly a nutritional hero then it is bound to be the carrot. A goldmine of nutrients, this is the reason they can be even termed as worth the other ‘karat’ (as in gold)! Ranging in colours from orange, black, pink to red, yellow and white, this delicious vegetable is within the reach of rich and poor alike and is rightly called the universal root. The best role that this winter vegetable can play – chomp on one as it is an excellent snack!
Prep Time : 16-20 minutes
Cook time : 16-20 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Moderate
Taste : Sweet
Ingredients for Gajrela Recipe
Carrots grated 1 large
Milk 1 tablespoon
Raisins 1 tablespoon
Cashewnuts, roughly chopped 8-10
Milk 1 litre
Rice soaked and drained 4 tablespoons
Khoya/mawa 4 tablespoons
Sugar 1/4 cup
Green cardamom powder 1/4 teaspoon
Method
Step 1
Heat ghee in a Nirlep non stick pan, add raisins, cashewnuts and sauté till light brown. Add carrot and mix. Add milk and cook for 15-20 minutes.
Step 2
Coarsely grind the soaked rice.Add khoya, sugar and green cardamom powder to the pan and cook for 4-5 minutes.Add the ground rice little by little, stirring continuously.
Step 3
Cook stirring continuously till the gajrela thickens. Take the pan off the heat, let the gajrela cool down to room temperature, then set in the refrigerator for 2 hours. Serve chilled.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 1572 kcal Kcal
Carbohydrates : 226.6 gm gm
Protein : 48.4 gm gm
Fat : 74 gm gm
Other : 0
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