November 18, 2008

Beetroot Halwa


My husband's ammamma (Maternal grandma) cooks very interesting recipes. Some of them are real quickies. She had a stock of shortcut recipes of the otherwise time consuming ones. When ever her grand children ask for sweets, she makes sweets in a jiffy. This beetroot
halwa is one among them.

Grated beetroot - 1 cup
Powdered jaggery - 1/2 cup. (You can increase if u like it more sweet)

Chopped nuts for garnish (optional)

Method


MW grated beets with a teaspoon of water for 4 minutes or till soft. Heat a kadai. Add the powdered jaggery. Jaggery will start melting. Stir in the cooked beets. Keep stirring, till the jaggery melts fully. Cook on low flame, till it comes together as a whole mass. Don't cook till the moisture fully dries up, since it will harden on cooling. Garnish with roasted, slivered nuts.


A healthy sweet is ready in 10 minutes. A fat free dessert. You can also serve it with a scoop of ice cream. You can use it as a bread spread for kids' sandwiches too.





This is my entry to the following events :

1) The Challenge hosted by Veda Murthy (No garnish halwa fits the challenge)

2) Suganya's Vegan Ventures Round 2

3) Sweet Series-Halwa, Kathli, Burfi, Peda by Mythrayee

14 comments:

  1. thats a nice recipe using jaggery..lovely entry..

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  2. Never had this halwa ,it looks delicious.

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  3. Glad about this one! We too make beetroot halwa but with ghee. Like the idea of adding jaggery, I was thinking it would be nice to jam it between cookies too:)

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  4. Thank u so much jayashree for this lovely entry! I love beet root halwa too!

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  5. Lovely recipe! The color just "beets" it :)

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  6. I love the color of ur halwa. Beet doesn't need to add much sweet also! Good one !

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  7. I love beet dishes for the color... and It's healthy, too... Looks awesome!

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  8. Lovely recipe. All your photos are simply superb. My mom uses sugar.This is very new will surly try.

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  9. looks so delicious Jaya! Love the color.

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  10. very good recipe!

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  11. been a while since I had them .. delicious

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  12. I know how tasty this halwa is...:)..and picture looks great!

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  13. Hi Jayasree,
    tried this out today, and my 2 yr-old loves it. Thanks for sharing this recipe :)

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