Blogging Marathon# 49: Week 4/ Day 3
Theme: Bookmarked Recipes
Dish: Afghani Carrot Halwa
I’m ending this month’s marathon on a sweet note with this rich and decadent ‘Carrot Halwa‘ that I bookmarked from ‘The New Middle Eastern Vegetarian‘ cookbook by Sally Butcher. Halwa is very similar to our very own Carrot Halwa with a few additional ingredients like ricotta cheese and powdered milk.
This is one of the recipes that caught my attention as soon as I saw it in the cookbook. I was looking for an opportunity to make this dessert ever since. Carrot halwa is one of my husband’s favorite and with him travelling, I didn’t want to make this dish just for myself. So finally made it as soon as he got back.
This Afghani version of carrot halwah/ halva is very rich and can be served as halwa with soft consistency or can be chilled and made into terrific and unusual petit four or burfi. The author also suggests using this as a filling for a tart by piling it into a pie crust and serve with some creme fraiche on the side.
I bought some colorful carrots from Trader Joes and used them make this dish. I was worried how the final color would turn out when all the different carrots were mixed together, but thankfully it turned out just fine. Traditionally carrots are grated for this recipe, but the author suggests blending the carrots with the milk into a smooth mixture. Being too lazy to grate the carrots, I went ahead and blended my colorful carrots into a smooth paste.
Recipe from The New Middle Eastern Vegetarian:
Afghani Carrot Halwa (Carrot and Ricotta Halva)
Sarita
Mouth watering after I see this pic.Afgani halwa is very yummy.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan
I have cooked quite a few recipes from the cook book that you have mentioned. I love those colorful carrots and blending them sounds easy. I have made something similar to this from an Turkish cook book and it had powdered coconut in it as well. Looks so delicious 🙂
Sathya Priya
Colorful carrots and loved the burfi outcome along with cheese.I too want to try carrot halwa with some cheese
Priya Suresh
Wow, those colourful carrots looks super catchy, halwa looks absolutely decadent.
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan
Bookmarking this recipe.. with cheese and milk powder sounds yumm
vaishali sabnani
I love these colorful carrots, haven’t seen yello ones, so definitely a visual treat. The halwa sounds yum , would love to try it while the carrots are still in bloom.
Srivalli
Wow never actually seen the coloured carrots..very nice one pavani..the halwa looks heavenly..
Global Tastes & Travels Inc.
love the texture of this halva and I too like to buy the rainbow carrots
Global Tastes & Travels Inc.
love the texture of this halva and I too like to buy the rainbow carrots
sneha datar
The colored carrots look great and this halwa yummy.