Beetroot halwa is a delicious and healthy dessert. It derives an appetizing red color naturally from the veggie beetroot itself.

Beetroot halwa is one such very easy to prepare recipe; without having to follow any technique or trick as the halwa is just formed by adding ingredients one after one. Yes this beginner friendly sweet can be prepared for festivals like Diwali. It can also be prepared for any other special occasion as it involves very basic ingredients.

This beetroot halwa shall make any beetroot haters like me eat it as it super yummy. The most interesting fact about this sweet is, it does not consume much of sugar. The sweetness from beetroot is more than enough., but again it depends if you like your halwa very sweet you can add sugar accordingly.

I have not added khoya to the recipe to keep it simple. But if you like sweets with khoya you could try these recipes: Walnut halwa, Chum Chum, Arcot makkan peda, Kala jamun, Instant palkova.
So let’s get to the making!

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Recipe by Sandhya Riyaz

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Course: Sweets, DessertCuisine: IndianDifficulty: Easy

Servings

servings

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

minutes

Beetroot halwa is a delicious and healthy dessert. It derives a appetizing red color naturally from the veggie beetroot itself.

Ingredients to make Beetroot halwa

1 cup, Beetroot (small)
1 1/2 cup, Milk
2 tablespoon, Sugar
1/4 teaspoon, Cardamom powder
4 tablespoon, Ghee
6 nos., Cashews
2 nos., Almond (for garnish)
2 nos., Pistachio (for garnish)

Directions to make Beetroot halwa

Wash, peel and grate beetroot.
Heat ghee in a pan fry cashews until golden brown.
Now add grated beetroot in it and saute well in medium flame.Keep stirring occasionally keeping an eye on the pan. The beetroot should look cooked and reduce in quantity.
Now add milk to it and give it a good stir. Allow it to boil well stirring the mixture every now and then.
When the mixture looks semi solid add sugar and cardamom powder. Mix it really well.
Keep stirring and when the beetroot mixture starts to leave the pan and has halwa consistency put off the flame. Garnish it with chopped almond and pistachio and serve it.

Notes

* 1 cup = 235 ml

HOW TO MAKE BEETROOT HALWA WITH STEP BY STEP IMAGES

Wash, peel and grate beetroot.
Heat ghee in a pan fry cashews until golden brown. Now add grated beetroot in it and saute well in medium flame. Keep stirring occasionally keeping an eye on the pan. The beetroot should look cooked and reduce in quantity.
Now add milk to it and give it a good stir. Allow it to boil well stirring the mixture every now and then. cook the mixture in medium flame only.
When the mixture looks semi solid add sugar and cardamom powder. Mix it really well.
Keep stirring and when the beetroot mixture starts to leave the pan and has halwa consistency put off the flame. Garnish it with chopped almond and pistachio and serve it.