Beetroot Halwa is creamy and delicious. Quick and easy to prepare. The main ingredients are grated beetroot, milk, khoya, ghee, sugar, and cardamom powder. Any dry nuts you may add to it to make it richer in nutrition and taste. Its bright red in color and taste simply amazing. 🤩
Jump to RecipeIngredients required to prepare Beetroot Halwa are ~
- Beetroot 3 nos (grated)
- Milk 2 cups
- Khoya/Mawa 3 teaspoons (unsweetened)
- Sugar 2/3 cup
- Almonds sliced 2 tablespoons (ghee roasted)
- Pistachios 1 tablespoon (ghee roasted)
- Cardamom powder 2 teaspoon
- Ghee 2 teaspoons to dry roast the nuts
- Ghee in the Halwa 2 tablespoons
Cook Time
35 minutes approx
Short Summary for preparing Beetroot Halwa.
Grate the beetroots using a grater and keep them aside. Heat up 2 teaspoons of ghee and sauté some sliced almonds and pistachios. Once these are being sautéed for some time add 2 tablespoons of ghee into the same pan keeping the flame at low. Immediately add the grated beetroots and continue to stir and cook 👩🍳
Stir and cook the beetroots in the ghee for 5-7 minutes or until slightly softens. Then add 2 cups of milk. 🥛 Let the milk starts to boil and simmer in low to medium flame then add Unsweetened Khoya 3 teaspoons into it and mix. Continue to cook until the milk has been reduced to half.
Once you see the milk has reduced beautifully and the mixture is thick, add sugar into it and mix. Cook it further until the milk has evaporated almost completely and a Halwa consistency reaches. At the end just add 2 teaspoons of cardamom powder and stir in. Garnish it with some dry nuts on the top and enjoy this creamy and delicious dessert made with beetroots within no time. A quick and easy Halwa anyone can try at home anytime. Healthy and tasty I must say. Find out more sweets and desserts recipe in this blog and enjoy making at home.
Step by step directions to prepare Beetroot Halwa ~
Grate the beetroots using a grater and keep them aside.
Heat up 2 teaspoons of ghee
Add 2 tablespoons of sliced almonds and 1 tablespoon of pistachios. Ghee roast them
Once these are being sautéed for some time add 2 more tablespoons of ghee into the same pan keeping the flame at low.
Immediately add the grated beetroots and continue to cook 👩🍳
Stir and cook the beetroots in the ghee for 5-7 minutes or until slightly softens.
Then add 2 cups of milk. 🥛 Let the milk starts to boil and simmer in low to medium flame
Once the milk starts to boil and simmer add khoya 3 teaspoons and mix
Add the khoya and mix nicely. Continue to cook until the milk has been reduced to half.
Once you see the milk has reduced beautifully and the mixture is thick,
Add sugar into it and mix. Cook it further until the milk has evaporated almost completely and a Halwa consistency reaches.
At the end add 2 teaspoons of cardamom powder and stir in.
Garnish it with some dry nuts on the top and enjoy this creamy and delicious dessert made with beetroots within no time. A quick and easy Halwa anyone can try at home anytime. Healthy and tasty I must say. Find out more sweets and desserts recipe in this blog and enjoy making at home.
Print Recipe Below ~
Beetroot Halwa. Creamy and delicious
Ingredients
- 3 no's Beetroot
- 2 tablespoons Almonds
- 1 tablespoon Pistachios
- 2 cup Milk
- 2/3 cup Sugar
- 3 teaspoons Khoya (unsweetened)
- 3-4 tablespoons Ghee
- 2 teaspoons Cardamom powder
- Some dry-nuts to garnish