3 Ingredient Mawa Kulfi | How to make Khoya Kulfi

With just 3 ingredients, milk, sugar and mawa, you can make these simple creamy, frozen refreshing kulfis.

Kulfi made by just 3 ingredients - milk, sugar and mawa/khoya (dried evaporated milk solid). You can also add dry fruits, cardamom powder in the kulfi which is totally optional.

Cardamom powder imparts a lot of flavour and taste to the Kulfi. It looks extra delicious with crushed dry fruits over the top. This is surely the easiest dessert recipe to try at home.

Khoya or Mawa is dried evaporated milk solid which is used in the Indian dessert. It’s a popular traditional dessert (mithai) in India and other neighbouring countries.

  

The trick is to stir the milk continuously so that no lumps of crumbled mawa or khoya are found while making the Kulfi mixture on lower flame. Also, add sugar in the end and stir it in last few minutes.

From start to finish the preparation of making the Kulfi takes less than 30 minutes. Refrigerate upto 4-5 hours or overnight and enjoy with your family and guests! They will definitely love it.

Well, who doesn’t love kulfis, from kids to adults, everyone does. You can enjoy eating this kulfis from road side vendors with dozen of different flavours, but this was the first time my mom and I tried making it, and guess what, it turns out so delicious that we made it so many times in our home.

How to make Kulfi?

1. In a wide pan, heat 4 cups of milk on lower flame and let it boil, or until it reduces to half.

2. Once milk thickens, add crumbled khoya and keep stirring the milk occasionally, so that no lumps are formed. Keep stirring for about 10-12 minutes on low to medium flame. Next, add 1 cup of sugar and stir it until the sugar is completely dissolved.

3. Next add crushed dry fruits, pumpkin seeds, followed by crushed cardamom pods, mix everything. Keep on stirring for about 2-4 minutes. Switch off the flame.

4. Remove it from the flame and keep it aside. Let the mixture cool for about 10 minutes.

5. Pour the cold liquid mixture into Kulfi moulds.

6. Cover the Kulfi moulds with aluminium foil or plastic lid which comes with it, or you can also insert the ice cream stick, or whatever suits you the best.

7. Refrigerate the Kulfi for atleast 4-5 hours or overnight.

8. Serve Kulfi immediately and garnish them with the remaining chopped dry fruits.

How to refrigerate the Kulfi mould?

1. You can cover the mold with aluminium foil or plastic lid which comes with it, or you can also insert the ice cream stick, or whatever suits you the best. 

                                              

2. To remove the popsicles, allow it to remain in the room temperature and rub with your hand on outside of the mold until the ends are loose.

3. Serve Kulfi immediately and garnish them with the remaining chopped dry fruits.

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3 Ingredients Mawa Kulfi | How to make Khoya Kulfi

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Refrigeration time: 4-5 hours

Serves: 7-8 People

Author: The Food Root

Ingredients:

4 cups full fat whole milk

4-5 tablespoon khoya/mawa (dried evaporated milk solid)

4 tablespoon sugar

Optional -

10-12 crushed pistachios

10-12 crushed almonds

10-12 crushed cashews

2 tablespoon Pumpkin seeds

4 crushed cardamom pods

Method:

1. In a wide pan, heat 4 cups of milk on lower flame and let it boil, or until it reduces to half.

2. Once milk thickens, add crumbled khoya and keep stirring the milk occasionally, so that no lumps are formed.

3. Keep stirring for about 10-12 minutes on low to medium flame.

4. Next, add 1 cup of sugar and stir it until the sugar is completely dissolved.

5. Next add crushed dry fruits, pumpkin seeds, followed by crushed cardamom pods, mix everything. Keep on stirring for about 2-4 minutes. Switch off the flame.

6. Remove it from the flame and keep it aside. Now, let the mixture cool for about 10 minutes.

7. Pour the cold liquid mixture into Kulfi molds.

8. Refrigerate the Kulfi for atleast 4-5 hours or overnight.

9. Serve Kulfi immediately and garnish them with the remaining chopped dry fruits.

How to refrigerate the Kulfi mould?

1. You can cover the mold with aluminium foil or plastic lid which comes with it, or you can also insert the ice cream stick, or whatever suits you the best.

2. To remove the popsicles, allow it to remain in the room temperature and rub with your hand on outside of the mould until the ends are loose.

3. Serve Kulfi immediately and garnish them with the remaining chopped dry fruits.

I love this recipe a lot, do pin if you love it.

  

Notes:

1. You can also add a pinch of saffron to add aroma and flavor in the dessert.

2. Adding nuts or cardamom powder is totally optional.

How To Make Carrot Halwa

 

This traditional Gajar Ka Halwa is made with Carrots, Cream, Khoya, Sugar, Ghee and lots of Nuts. It's a delicious North Indian sweet but is relished on every occasion. Serve this classic, rich and creamy halwa and enjoy it with your loved ones!

Happy holi everyone!! Holi is a festival of colors and celebrated with great warmth and high spirit. It’s a major festival in India. It begins with the lightening of bonfire and welcome the new beginnings with open arms. This festival is incomplete without the exchange of gifts, fruits, dry fruits and sweets.

There are host of traditional delicacies that are relished on holi festival and make this occasion even more enjoyable like Pede, Kheer, Gujiya, Puranpoli, Malpua, Ladoo, Thandai, Rasmalai, Jalebi, Sevaiya or Gajar ka Halwa and many more.

This Holi, my Mother and I have made Gajar Ka Halwa. It's a traditional North Indian Sweet that both kids and adults can enjoy. It's a must try dessert for winter season. So do try this recipe with your friends and family and enjoy the day!

This dessert hardly needs any occasion to be prepared and relished. It keeps you warm and healthy and can be served at all festivals like Diwali, Eid, Holi, Raksha Bandhan.

This Carrot based sweet dessert pudding is so rich and satisfying that I can have it all day and night. The method is sure time consuming, but the halwa is so soft and delicious, and the aroma of the cardamom powder is absolutely irresistible. It’s a slow cooked dessert but if you know the proper method it doesn’t take much time.

All you need is fresh, sweet, and abundance of red carrots which is properly washed, peeled than grated. It goes into non stick pan. Add a lot of khoya, full fat cream, sugar, ghee and lots of nuts in it and your Gajar Ka Halwa is ready. 

So this was the simple recipe of your low fat, low calorie Gajar Ka Halwa. Make this Holi delicacy and also let us know how you like it in the comments below.

Gajar Ka Halwa | Carrot Halwa Recipe | 

 How To Make Gajar Halwa 

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Serves: 6-8 People

Author : The Food Root

Ingredients:

8-10 large carrots

1/2 cup full fat cream (milk cream)

5 tbsp sugar

1 cup crumbled khoya

4 tbsp ghee 

Chopped dry fruits of your choice - (optional)

1/4 tsp cardamom powder

1 tbsp cashews

2 tbsp almonds

1 tbsp raisins

1 tbsp pistachios

Method:

 

1. Wash the carrots and peel it with grater to discard the skin.

2. Heat the non stick pan, add the grated carrots, mix, and cook them till the quantity is reduced to half, on a medium flame. Stir continuously, until it  changes it's color. It will take around 12-15 minutes. 

3. Pour full fat cream in the pan and stir it continuously till it evaporates. It will take around 2 minutes.

4. Add sugar, as per your sweetness and mix it well. Cook for another 4 minutes on medium flame, while stirring continuously.

5. Next, add crumbled Khoya mix it well. Cover and cook them on a medium flame for around 10 minutes than stir it for a while.

6. Add ghee and mix it for next 2 minutes.

7. Add cardamom powder and chopped dry fruits and mix well for next 2 minutes.

8. And, your gajar ka halwa is ready. Turn off the heat, and let it rest for few minutes before serving.

Notes:

1. You can also add milk in Gajar Ka Halwa and boil it on low heat and keep stirring until the milk evaporates but it's totally optional.

2. I’ve added full fat cream instead of milk so that it doesn't take much time to get ready.

3. It tastes good without cardamom powder as well but the aroma of the cardamom powder in indian desserts is unbeatable.

4. Add chopped dry fruits of your choice.

5. You can also add vanilla ice cream on top of it and serve.

6. It can be prepared a day before or two before a large gathering. Just reheat gajar ka halwa at the time of serving.

7. You can also add some jaggery instead of sugar in the halwa.

8. You can increase or decrease sugar as per your taste.

9. Gajar ka halwa can be stored in the refrigerator for 5-7 days.

10. Even adding ghee in the gajar halwa is totally optional.