It is a common practice that we carry a box of assorted sweets, chocolates, or dry fruits when we visit our friends or relatives. Likewise we also receive such gifts from our guests and we usually finish them all in a couple of days, but the milk sweets remain untouched for few days. Ever since I read a slogan encouraging veganism “cow’s milk is for calves, not for humans”, I began to feel that it is our greed to use cow’s milk, and hence we have no right to waste milk or milk products. So I always look for efficient ways of using left-over milk, curd or milk sweets, and I find carrot halwa as the most delectable transformation of milk sweets.

Carrot halwa is usually prepared by cooking carrots along with a good volume of milk and/or other milk products like khoya (khova) or condensed milk. Now we can prepare it instantly using milk sweets as the substitute of milk products & sugar.

We can elevate a simple dinner at home to the next level by serving delicious carrot halwa as a dessert. We can also serve this halwa to our guests along with ice cream to make it even more special.

I used red carrots for the bright red color and I preferred to microwave them to retain the color (as pressure cooking makes them look pale). I also prefer to garnish this dessert with bright green pista to make it look so impressive. Now the recipe for instant carrot halwa is as below:
Time taken: 15 min
Yields: 1 cup (200 ml)

Ingredients:
Red carrots | 3 |
Milk sweets* | as desired |
Soaked pista (skinned & halved) | as desired |
Cardamom | 2 |
Ghee | 2 teaspoons |
*I like to use equal measures of cooked carrot & crushed milk sweets.

Mise en place:
- Peel the carrots and grate them finely.
- Soak pista in hot water for an hour (or microwave for 3 min), peel their skins and cut them into half vertically. (If you like crunchier pista, you may use toasted pista instead of soaked pista.)
- Crush the cardamom seeds using mortar & pestle and leave aside.
- Crumble the milk sweets using fingers & keep aside.

Carrot halwa using microwave oven:
- Add a teaspoon of ghee into a microwave-safe bowl.
- Add grated carrots, mix well and close the bowl with its lid.
- Microwave them for about 8 minutes (or until the raw smell disappears).
- Add the crushed sweets into the cooked carrots, mix well and cook again for 2 to 3 min.
- Now add cardamom powder, chopped pista, and ghee (1 tsp) and cook for a minute.
- Serve carrot halwa warm or chilled.

yummy… My favorite??
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Love your beautiful gold dish and the vibrant carrot colors! Lovely plating!
I’m so glad, thank you. 🙂
That’s such a cute swan dish. 🙂
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Yummy
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❤This dish is my all-time favourite. The picture looks mouth-watering.?
Oh! Nice to hear this, thank you!
Nice one??,
To see more ways to incorporate carrots in our diet, checkout-
https://boldblushblog.com/2019/04/15/intake-carrots-in-a-diet/
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Wow. Such a good idea of replacing milk with milkmade sweets. Steps are so simple too. Thanks Megala.
Yes, thank you.
The colour is incredible. It’s retained so well . Looks yummy ? too ?
Yes, it is. Thanks Marina for stopping by.
It looks wonderful. I love the choice of using red carrots here!
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A very creative way to do this recipe. Brilliant!
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My pleasure! ❤️
I’ve seen carrot halwa before but never tried it! Your version is especially beautiful with those vibrant red carrots. Now I’m curious to see how it might turn out with other heirloom varieties, like purple carrots, too!
Yes, I do like to try with purple or yellow carrots, but they are hard to find here.
Thank you so much Hannah!
One of my absolute favorites!❤️❤️
Loved your twist of adding the “mithai” – shall try and see! 😉
Thanks Richa!
Love your step by step instructions for the yummy carrot halwa!
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Waooo! Look delicious. I may try it this weekend. Hope laziness will permit me
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Carrot halwa is an all-time favourite dessert at our place. Such a great idea to make use of leftover milk sweets to make it! I’m bookmarking this recipe – will definitely try it out whenever we have any sweets left over. 🙂
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This sounds so good!
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Gaajar ka Halwa is such a classic for me. Thank you for this!
Great post!
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Absolutely love the use of leftover sweets, will definitely try it out next time I have some remaining.
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Love it!
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So creative!
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Love carrots thanks for the recipe!
My pleasure!
When healthy food is tasty too that’s double bonanza
Yes, indeed! Thanks much.
I love that you were able to keep their bright color!
Yes, that was my primary goal. 🙂 Thanks much.
Awesome treat! Great recipe ?
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Great Idea!!
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Oh, this is my all time favourite sweet.
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Woww Megala, that’s a great idea to use gifted sweets and another sweet dish is ready???
Yes, I’m glad that I could transform the unpopular milk sweets into delicious halwa. 🙂 Thanks much!
Market bought milk sweets can’t be preserved long also , so this is the best quick fix delicious transformation.
Fabulous as always!!! Love the Swan dish!!!
Thanks Sophie! 🙂
You are welcome 🙂
Awesome and simple way of making gajjar halwa but what r these milk sweets that you have written. Have we to buy or what.
Yes, you can use any left-over milk sweets, either home made or store bought, just to make the cooking process simple & easy.
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Kk thanks and yes that would be great.
The red color of the halwa makes it irresistible! This method of making it seems so quick and easy.
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I started enjoying carrots when I was in college! Now I love carrots . I used to make dumplings with grated carrots and Thai basils.
This weekend, I am going to try Carrot Halwa! Thank you for the wonderful recipe. ^^
I’m so happy to hear that you like to try Indian recipes. Thank you so much. 🙂
Excellent presentation
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Such a beautiful color on the halwa and love the presentation. Like how you are talking about aptly using milk, couldn’t agree more?
Thanks Nisha! 🙂
Smart and delicious way to use up left-over milk sweets!
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Wow, amazing
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What a gorgeous dish, i love the color, too!
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Beautifully presented, Megala. We eat first with our eyes, as is said. The presentation invites me to try!
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This looks fabulous, Megala! I wonder if pista are another name for pistachio nuts?
Yes, we call them pista. 🙂 Thank you.
Your presentation in swan bowl is so beautiful. Carrot halwa is liked by all but I feel the only difficulty is even if we take more carrots the quantity will look less after cooking I believe as you used milk sweets quantity also will be sufficient, thanks for giving great idea.
Yes, do try and your children will like this. Thank you so much.
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Interesting idea to make gajar ka halwa.. ?
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Queen of desserts ❤️
Love the beautiful usage of leftover milk sweets and this is such a nice idea?
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Wow! superb idea to use leftover milk sweets.
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Wow! Love this creative idea Megala. The swan dish looks beautiful ?
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Yum! I love Carrot halwa and great idea to use leftover milk sweets!!
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My absolute pleasure!
Wish you a very happy and wonderful Holi! ?
Thank you! Happy Holi!!
Beautifully presented in an exquisite serving bowl, Megala!
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Nice. Lovely swan dish. Where do u buy megala
Amazon! 🙂 Glad you liked it, thanks.
Oh super. Thank you dear for sharing
Yummy . Very tempting . I love to eat with ice cream
Yes, I do like it with ice cream, but I’ve got coughs & cold, so I couldn’t. 🙂
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Yummy, ur dishes are unique.
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Yummy.
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Yum! delicious !!
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Beautiful recipe.
Thank you, Pranita!
Such a lovely blog you have with photos and yummy recipes.
Using the mava mithai in the carrot halva is indeed creative.
Thanks for the kind appreciation!
Lovely share Megala,Carrot halwa using milk sweets and the microwave method is new to me Nice bright color as well. Looks fantastic.
Yes, it is easy & tasty as well. Thank you so much.
Yumm!! It is one of my favourite sweets. Also, have you tried adding beetroot and carrot? I tried it once, it turned out to be pretty good. ?
Oh, wonderful idea, I’ll try next time. Thanks, Rekha! 🙂
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My favourite, I love this dish?❣️
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Yummy halwa and superb plating!
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Wow seems easy to do and looks so yummy ?
Yes, it really is! 🙂 Thank you so much!
Oooh delicious! And how cute is the swan dish xx
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Wow! This is such a brilliant idea Megala. ??
Thanks much!