Beetroot halwa is a sweet made with beetroot and milk. Beetroot halva can be served as a dessert, snack or as a sweet dish with a main meal.

If you like beets, you are bound to love this sweet. You can make this in advance. It can be used within a week so make it and keep it for the busy day when you wont have time to make any sweet or desert.

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How to make Beetroot-Halwa

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Ingredients:

Beetroots - 500gms

Sugar -1/2 cup.

Milk - 2 cups

(optional) Khoa or condensed milk or fresh cream -100 gms

Ghee - 1/4 cup

Cashew nuts, almonds, pista - 4-5 chopped fine

Raisins - 10-15

Cardamom powder - 1 teaspoon.

Preparation:

Wash the beetroots well. Remove skin from the beets and grate with a fine grater. You may grate it using a food processor if you wish.

Cooking method:

1. Heat a deep thick bottomed pan. Add ghee and grated beetroot. Fry/cook about 10-12 minutes till beetroot is soft.
2. Add milk. Stir and let cook covered on low fire for 5 minutes.
3. Remove cover and cook stirring occasionally till the mixture thickens.
4. Add sugar. Mix well and cook some more till sugar dissolves and the mixture thickens again.
5. Add khoa or condensed milk if you are using that. Mix well. Cook for 10 minutes stirring till you get a semi thick consistancy. Keep in mind that the mixture will thicken more when it cools.
6. Add chopped nuts, raisins, cardamom powder. Mix well and take off the fire.

Beetroot halva is ready to serve. Serve it hot or cold as you like.

Tips:

You may fry cashew nuts in ghee if you wish.

Adding khoa or cream or condensed milk makes it more rich in taste. You may omit it if you wish or add more if you like the taste.

You can roast khoa separately before adding to the beetroot mixture.

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