Instant Pot Gajar Halwa Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 kg Carrots

  (grated)
• 1 cup Milk
• 1 Tin Condensed Milk or 1 Cup Sugar
• 12-15 Cashew nuts
• 120 g Ghee
• 2 tsp Cardamom powder
• Raisins
• A pinch of saffron

Instructions

• 1 To begin with, press the Sauté mode. Once the IP displays 'Hot', add ghee to
  heat.
• 2 Then, add grated carrots and sauté for 3-4 minutes. Carrot will start to soften
• 3 Add milk and saffron, mix.
• 4 Cover the pot with lid with pressure valve in sealing position. Cancel sauté
  mode and press manual/pressure cooker button and set the timer to 4 minutes
• 5 Once the IP beeps, let the pressure reales naturally for 3-4 minutes and then do
  quick release manually by moving valve from sealing to venting position.
• 6 Open the pot, press sauté button again. Now add condensed milk, cashew nuts,
  raisins and cardamom powder, stir.
• 7 Continue to stir for 8-10 minutes until all the liquid is dried up. Stirring is
  important as to avoid the halwa getting stuck at the bottom of the pot.
• 8 Gajar halwa is ready to serve. Dish out and serve warm or with a scoop of
  vanilla ice cream.
• 9 First, heat ghee in pressure cooker.
• 10 Then add grated carrot and sauté on high for 4-5 minutes or until carrot
  softens.
• 11 Add milk and bring it a boil. Add saffron, mix and pressure cook for 1 whistle
  and on low for 2-3 minutes. Switch off the gas and allow the pressure to release
  naturally.
• 12 Then add, milkmaid or condensed milk, cashew nuts, raisins, cardamom powder and
  mix. Sauté the halwa on high for 7-8 minutes stirring continuously to avoid
  burning. All the liquid should be dried up.
• 13 Dish out and serve warm as it is or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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