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  • Apple Halwa Recipe

    Apple Halwa Recipe

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    Apple Halwa is tasty and easy to make recipe. It is ideal to prepare for any festive days. The ingredients are easily available at home. and no milk or khoya is used. 

    I had many apples and decided to make this sweet. The best way to enjoy apple is to eat the fruit in its original form, you not only derive the health benefits but feeding something valuable to your mind and body. The next best way is to use in this kind of sweet dishes, easy to prepare and good to feed fussy children. Apple milkshake is ideal for breakfast.

    As I always tell, children will soon get acquainted to the food that we serve regularly at home. Be mindful of the food that you cook, let us make it a habit of dal, chawal and sabzi or anything that you feel good. At home, snacks such as chats are prepared only for dinner.

    Benefits of apple:

    1. Apples help to prevent various kinds of cancer.
    2. It helps to reduce cholesterol.
    3. Apples tend to reduce the risk of diabetes. It is rich in pectin- a soluble fibre and is the key to lower the level of sugar.
    4. Eating an apple a day helps one to have a healthier heart. The phenolic compound found in apple prevents the cholesterol from building up on the walls of the arteries.
    5. It helps in proper bowel movement. It prevents constipation.
    6. Regular intake of apple juice is found to reduce alzeihmers disease.
    7. It helps in maintaining good health of teeth.

    Apple Halwa

    Apple Halwa Recipe

    Ingredients:

    • 1 tablespoon ghee
    • 8 cashew
    • 3 apple
    • 1 tablespoon sugar
    • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
    • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder

    Method:

    1. Wash, cut the apples and make a puree.
    2. Take ghee in a pan.
    3. Fry cashew nut and put them aside.
    4. Add the apple puree to it and saute it for five minutes. The water will evaporate soon.
    5. Add sugar and saute it again. The sugar melts and the pulp soon thickens.
    6. Add cinnamon powder and cardamom powder to it.
    7. Finally, add the roasted cashew nuts.

    Take a tip:

    • I have not peeled the skin of apple. You may scrape it if you want.
    • The quantity of sugar used was sufficient. Use more if needed.
    • Cinnamon powder is optional but it tastes good with apples.
    • Any other nuts may be used.
    Apple Halwa
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    Apple Halwa

    Apple Halwa is a tasty and easy to make dessert. It is ideal to serve for children.
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    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 10 minutes
    Course: sweets
    Cuisine: Indian
    Ingredients Method Notes

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 tablespoon ghee
    • 8 cashew
    • 3 apple
    • 1 tablespoon sugar
    • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
    • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder

    Method
     

    1. Wash, cut the apples and make a puree.
    2. Take ghee in a pan.
    3. Fry cashew nut and put them aside.
    4. Add the apple puree to it and saute it for five minutes. The water will evaporate soon.
    5. Add sugar and saute it again. The sugar melts and the pulp soon thickens.
    6. Add cinnamon powder and cardamom powder to it.
    7. Finally, add the roasted cashew nuts.

    Notes

    • I have not peeled the skin of apple. You may scrape it if you want.
    • The quantity of sugar used was sufficient. Use more if needed.
    • Cinnamon powder is optional but it tastes good with apples.
    • Any other nuts may be used. 

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    Apple Halwa is tasty and easy to make recipe. It is ideal to prepare for any festive days. The ingredients are easily available at home. and no milk or khoya is used.
    Apple Halwa

     

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  • Carrot Halwa with condensed milk

    Carrot Halwa with condensed milk

    Carrot Halwa made with condensed milk is tasty and easy to make. It reduces the time of cooking, thus a quick dessert can be made.

    Holi, the festival of colours is round the corner. It’s one of the important festivals that celebrate the arrival of spring and nurture the spirit of brotherhood. Colours, sweets, snacks and whole lot of good friends to enjoy, what else do you need on this day? Here is Carrot halwa made with condensed milk for the festival.

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    Carrot Halwa
    Carrot Halwa

    Carrot Halwa with Condensed Milk

    Ingredients:

    • 1/2 kg carrots
    • 1 tin condensed milk
    • 2 tablespoon ghee
    • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
    • cashew and almonds
    • 1 teaspoon ghee

    Method:

    • Wash the carrots. Pat dry. Grate them and keep them aside.
    • Take a thick bottom pan, add the grated carrot and roast it for five to seven minutes.
    • Put the condensed milk to it and let cook on a low flame. Keep stirring in between.
    • Once it thickens, remove from flame and add cardamom powder.
    • Roast the nuts in ghee and garnish it.
    • Serve hot.

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    Carrot Halwa
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    Carrot Halwa with Condensed Milk

    Carrot halwa is a popular sweet that is delicious and makes a good festive treat. The sweet prepared with condensed milk is a quicker version and is equally tasty.
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    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
    Total Time 35 minutes
    Servings: 8 servings
    Course: indian sweets, sweets, traditional sweets
    Cuisine: Indian
    Ingredients Method

    Ingredients
      

    • 1/2 kilogram carrots
    • 1 tin condensed milk
    • 2 tbsp ghee
    • 6-8 cashew and almonds
    • 1 tsp ghee

    Method
     

    1. Wash the carrot, scrub well, pat dry and grate them.
    2. Put oil in a pan, add ghee and roast the carrots for five to seven minutes.
    3. Add condensed milk to it and let cook on a low flame, keep stirring in between, otherwise it will get burnt.
    4. It should become dry and crumbly in texture, remove from flame and add cardamom powder.
    5. Roast the dry fruits in ghee and garnish the sweet.
    6. Serve hot.
    Carrot Halwa
    Carrot Halwa

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  • ABC Halwa for Holi

    ABC Halwa for Holi

    ABC Halwa is a Gujarati sweet dish prepared with apple, banana and carrots. It is tasty and makes a good sweet for any celebrations.

    It’s that time of the year, when the world is full of new blossoms and the weather is enchanting. A season you love and cherish, but so short lived. Winter has come to an end and summer will soon make way. It’s beautiful spring,time ,yay , it’s Holi time ! And on this ocassion I bring to you a delicious and healthy sweet dish, ABC Halwa.

    Holi is celebrated on the  day of full moon ,that is Poornima of the Phalguna month of the Hindu calendar. It usually occurs in February or March. This year it is on March 23. The next day , the citizens celebrate by playing with colour. What does Holi signify actually ? It indicates the arrival of spring, victory of good over evil, good bye to winter and also a harvest festival.

    Coming back to my dish, yes, the name is intriguing, but the taste is just too good. Apple, banana and carrots together makes this awesome dish. You can add fresh coconut to this, but I avoided as my children are fussy about it. Earlier, I used to make only carrot halwa, now the addition of fruits seems to have taken it to another level. The smell of the apples  being cooked  is  awesome. This is a popular Gujarati dish. I am sending this dish to the Holi Collection by Sonal.
    ABC Halwa
    ABC Halwa

     

    ABC Halwa
    Recipe Type: Dessert
    Cuisine: Gujarati
    Author: Jayashree
    Prep time:
    Cook time:
    Total time:
    Serves: 6
    A sweet dish with the goodness of fruits and vegetable combined.
    Ingredients
    • apple pieces 1 cup (1big apple)
    • banana pieces 1 cup (2 large bananas)
    • carrot grated 1cup (4 carrots )
    • sugar 1 1/4 cup
    • milk 1 cup
    • ghee 1tbsp +1tsp
    • salt a pinch
    • cardamom powder 1/4 tsp
    • cashew and almond pieces
    Instructions
    1. Remove the skin of apple and cut into small pieces.
    2. Grate the carrots.
    3. Chop the banana also into small bits.
    4. Take a thick bottom pan and put all the cut fruits and carrot together. Add milk and keep on a low flame to cook.
    5. Allow to cook for sometime, until the milk is dissolved and it looks as a mass.
    6. Add a tablespoon of ghee and saute the mixture for sometime. The colour changes and the ghee will be seperated.
    7. Then, add the sugar and continue to cook for some more time. All ingredients will get blended together. Put the pinch of salt.
    8. Finally add the cardamom powder and remove from flame.
    9. Take a small pan , and roast the dry fruits in ghee. Garnish it
    Notes
    • You can increase the quantity of sugar, if you want it to be more sweet.
    • Fresh coconut can be used along with the fruits and carrot.

     

    apple,banana and carrot pieces
    apple,banana and carrot pieces

    Remove the skin of apple and cut it into small pieces. Grate the carrots and chop the bananas. All are of equal measurement. I required one apple, two bananas and four carrots to make them of one bowl each.

    halwa being cooked
    halwa being cooked

    Put them in a thick bottom pan and add a bowl of milk. let cook on a low flame. Keep stirring. Once the milk has evaporated add ghee and continue to saute. As it leave the sides, add sugar (1 1/4 bowl) and cook till it melts and then thickens. You need at least twenty minutes. Finally add cardamom powder.

    ABC Halwa
    ABC Halwa

    Roast the dry fruits in a little ghee. Garnish them over it.

    ABC Halwa
    ABC Halwa
    ABC Halwa
    ABC Halwa

    Glad if you share it ! HAPPY HOLI !

     

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