Yummy Beetroot Halwa Recipe

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By Iram Zaz

Friday, January 9, 2015, 17:16 [IST]

Beetroot, which is also called chukandar in Hindi, is a dark red vegetable. The beetroot tastes sweet and is soft to eat. Beetroot features in many recipes because of its health benefits. There are many ways to include beetroot in your diet. You can make its salad with lemon juice sprinkled over it. You can even roast it or you can make its pickle. So, how to eat beetroot so that it tastes awesome? Have you ever tried beetroot halwa recipe? Beetroot halwa is the most tasty way to eat this vegetable. This is one of the tastiest halwa recipes.

Betroot is rich in potassium, magnesium, iron, vitamins A, B6 and C, folic acid, carbohydrates, protein, antioxidants and soluble fibre.

Beetroot has many health benefits. It increases stamina, improves blood flood, controls diabetes, reduces cholesterol level, lowers blood pressure and enhances memory. It's also good for the skin and hair.

It reduces signs of ageing and helps fights cancer. Hence, you must indulge in beetroot in one form or the other. And the best way is to indulge in beetroot halwa recipe. This is one of the best beetroot recipes.

Today, Boldsky shares with you the beetroot halwa recipe. It is healthy and nutritious.

Preparation time: 10 min

Cooking time: 60 min

Serves: 5

Ingredients of beetroot halwa recipe:

• Beetroot - 4 pieces
• Milk - 2 cups
• Sugar - 1/2 cup or as per taste
• Cardamom powder - 1 teaspoon
• Ghee - 3 tablespoon
• Cashew nuts - few

• Raisins - few
• Almonds- handful
• khoya - 100 grams (optional)
• Condensed milk -As per taste (optional)

Method of preparation of beetroot halwa recipe:

1. Wash and peel beetroot. Grate it with a hand grater.

2. Put ghee in a deep bottomed frying pan and heat it.

3. Put cashew nuts, almonds in ghee and saute them on a low flame for few minutes. This will make them crispy.

4. Remove them from the pan and keep it aside.

5. Put the grated beetroots in warm ghee and saute them for some time on a low flame.

6. Now, add milk and khoya to it. Cook on low flame.

7. Add sugar, cardamom powder to it and mix well. Cook it on a low flame and keep on stirring occasionally.

8. Add condensed milk for more taste.

9. Cook it until the milk gets condensed and the mixture gets thickened.

10. Turn off the flame and garnish it with roasted cashew, almonds and few raisins.

11. Remove the beetroot halwa to a serving bowl.

Enjoy beetroot halwa as a healthy dessert.