The Best Indian Desserts!

Out of all the Indian dishes we made, I am writing about the most important. That’s right, I’m talking about desserts! These are two of my favourite desserts we’ve eaten so far; they’re almost as much fun to make as they are to eat! 🙂 The dishes are kheer, which is a rice pudding, and gaaja halwa, which is made with carrots.

We had previously tried these treats before making them so we knew we liked them.  We had the kheer at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, saw the halwa being made by a street vendor, and ate some in Agra.

Now, without further ado, the recipes for these amazing desserts!

Kheer

Ingredients

1 cup basmati rice (mid level)

1/2 litre milk (or enough to cover the rice)

2 cardamon seeds

Sugar to taste

Golden raisins

Cinnamon, pistachios, saffron, almonds, or other additional ingredients of your choice (optional)

1. Put rice and milk in a pot and bring to high heat.

Rice in the pot

Pouring in milk

2. When the milk starts to boil, turn down the heat and let it simmer.

3. Add more milk and continue to simmer until it starts to thicken.

4. Add sugar to taste.

5. Mix to get rid of the lumps.

Stiring the kheer

Looks tasty!

6. Add golden raisins and/or any additional toppings.

7. Serve and enjoy!

Gaaja Halwa (Carrot Halwa)

Ingredients

4-6 large carrots

Milk (amount is 2:1 ratio of milk to carrots)

Sugar to taste

Golden raisins and/or toppings of choice

1. Peel and grate carrots.

Carrots

Grated carrots

2. Boil milk.

3. Add carrots to the milk.

4. Keep on the stove and stir until the milk has boiled off.  Add sugar to taste.

5. Add golden raisins and/or other toppings.

6. Eat!

A big thank you to Anju for teaching us how to make these delicious desserts!  I can’t wait to make them when we get back home.