Hey everyone, it's Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a special dish, pumpkin and carrot halwa. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Pumpkin and Carrot Halwa is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Pumpkin and Carrot Halwa is something that I have loved my entire life. They're nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have pumpkin and carrot halwa using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pumpkin and Carrot Halwa:

1. {Get 2 Tbsp of ghee.
2. {Make ready 3 of medium carrots.
3. {Get 500 g of yellow pumpkin.
4. {Get 300 ml of whole milk.
5. {Take 150 g of khoya (I use Milky Mist brand khoya. If you have no access to khoya, try preparing with the addition of half a cup of milk powder.).
6. {Make ready 1/2 cup of sugar.
7. {Prepare few strands of saffron.
8. {Take 4 of green cardamom pods (seeds removed and powdered).
9. {Prepare of ****.
10. {Make ready of For Garnish:.
11. {Take 1 Tbsp of ghee.
12. {Take 10-12 of cashew nuts.
13. {Get 12-15 of raisins.

Instructions to make Pumpkin and Carrot Halwa:

1. Peel the carrots. Scoop out the seeds and membranes from the pumpkin and peel it. Using a food processor or a manual grater, grate or finely chop the pumpkin and carrot..
2. Use a heavy bottomed pressure pan to prepare the halwa. Heat 2 tbsp ghee in pressure pan. Add the grated pumpkin and carrot. Saute on medium flame for 5 minutes. (A pressure pan is nothing but a wider, shorter, pressure cooker, used to cook curries / dals / vegetables very quickly).
3. Add the milk, give it a stir. Cover the pressure pan with its lid, along with the whistle. Cook for 3 whistles and on sim for 5 minutes. Switch off the flame and allow the pressure pan to cool..
4. Open when cool. Add the grated khoya and sugar, along with saffron strands dissolved in 1 tsp milk. On a low flame, allow to simmer until most of the milk has solidified and halva is dry. At this stage add the powdered green cardamom seeds, stir well to mix. Remove this into a bowl..
5. In a small saucepan, heat 1 tbsp ghee. Fry the cashewnuts until golden brown, drain and keep aside. Fry the raisins until puffed up. Transfer both the cashews and raisins over the Halwa..
6. Serve chilled or warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or as a filling in tartlets..

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