Instant Pot Carrot Halwa

 Instant Pot Carrot Halwa |Winter special sweet | Healthy Recipe |Sweettooth

Ingredients

• 500 grams carrots or 4 to 4.5 cups grated carrots
• 1.5 cups full-fat milk or whole milk
• ½ cup sugar or add as required
• 4 tablespoons Ghee (clarified butter)
• 1 tablespoon raisins
• 1 tablespoon cashews – chopped
• 1 tablespoon almonds – sliced
• 1 tablespoon pistachios – sliced
• ½ teaspoon cardamom powder (ground cardamom) or 4 to 5 green cardamoms, powdered in mortar-pestle

Instructions

Making gajar halwa in the Instant Pot is super easy as you do not have to spend time stirring it. Follow these easy steps to make instant pot carrot halwa:

1. Add 4 to 4.5 cups grated carrots, 1.5 cups whole milk, ½ cup sugar, and 4 tablespoons ghee in the steel insert of a 6 quart Instant Pot.

2. Mix all of the ingredients with a spoon to make an even mixture.

3.Seal with the Instant Pot lid. Position the valve to the sealing position. Pressure cook on high for 3 minutes.

4.After 3 minutes of pressure cooking (it should beep), carefully do a quick pressure release (QPR) by lifting the pressure valve. When all the pressure is released, open the lid. Stir and mix very well. 

5.Press cancel and then press the saute button, setting the time to 5 to 10 minutes on normal mode.

6. The carrot halwa will begin to simmer and bubble. Continue to stir often until the halwa thickens.

7.When the halwa has almost thickened, add 1 tablespoons each of sliced or chopped almonds, cashews, pistachios and raisins. Add ½ teaspoon cardamom powder.

8.Keep on stirring and simmering until the liquids have evaporated and the carrot halwa thickens. The halwa will look glossy and you will some ghee releasing from the sides. Press the cancel button.

9.Serve instant pot gajar halwa hot or warm.