Rock Candy/Sugar Candy is known as Kalkandu in Tamil. Usually used in many traditional Tamil sweet, these sugar candy have their important place in most of the South Indian's pantries. One of the traditional dish prepared with rice and sugar candy is Kalkandu Pongal. When i picked 'No Bake desserts' as theme for this week's blogging marathon, initially i want to go with no bake cheesecakes. Since am in summer cleaning process, i want to finish few ingredients sitting in my pantry for a while. Obviously i used sugar candies for making a delicious carrot halwa to stick with the theme.
Grated carrot cooked in milk and sugar candies makes this droolworthy carrot halwa, apart from it this halwa goes for usual ingredients. When served slightly warm, this halwa tastes absolutely fantabulous. Served along with some scoop of vanilla icecream, this dessert will definitely anyone's tastebuds.
Grated carrot cooked in milk and sugar candies makes this droolworthy carrot halwa, apart from it this halwa goes for usual ingredients. When served slightly warm, this halwa tastes absolutely fantabulous. Served along with some scoop of vanilla icecream, this dessert will definitely anyone's tastebuds.
2cups Carrot (finely grated)
3/4cup Sugar candy/Kalkandu
2cups Milk
1/2tsp Cardamom powder
1tbsp Ghee
Few fried cashews
Few fried cashews
Heat the ghee, fry the finely grated carrots until they gets half cooked.
Add the sugar candy, milk and cook everything together in medium high flame.
Add the sugar candy, milk and cook everything together in medium high flame.
Add the cardamom powder,fried cashew to the cooking halwa and put off the stove once the halwa gets thickens.
Keep aside and let them cool.
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Great way to use this rock candy , and the halwa has such a vibrant colour .
ReplyDeletewow carrot and kalkandu together... awesome. This is one of my fav halwa.
ReplyDeleteIts just like carrot halwa and using of sugar candy in recipe is quite different..
ReplyDeleteThat's a good twist you gave, I was looking for some non baked dish and this orange halwa looks amazing!
ReplyDeletecarrot halwa is my favorite and the halwa looks very delicious and colorful
ReplyDeleteAwesome looking halwa. I usually use kalkandu only for making saadam. This is a nice idea to use up left over kalkandu.
ReplyDeletebeautiful colour of the halwa and a nice way to use up rock candy or sakar as we call it. I usually have some left over from poojas and then they just melt in the jar!
ReplyDeleteYou sweetened the Halwa with sugar candies. Wow it is an amazing idea. Looks super tasty.
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