Celebrate NYE with some traditional Indian sweets

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Finding a little cheer over the holidays can be harder than ever because of the winter's long, dark nights and chilly temperatures. And this year, if the winter blues are affecting you particularly hard, we recommend grabbing some homemade winter treats.

Here are 3 easy-to-follow recipes of Indian sweets that will have you yearning for more.

GAJJRELLA HALWA WITH NUTTY CHOCOLATE CRUNCH

Ingredients
Gajjrella
Milk
Carrot
Sugar
Raisins
Cashew nut
Green cardamom
Desi ghee
Khoya danedar
Sweet tart
Maida
Butter
Sugar (breakfast)
Milk

Method:
Clean and peel carrots,grate coarsely.
In a deep pan add carrots, milk and green cardamom (crushed)
Put it on fire and cook till carrot is cooked and entire milk is consumed
In a separate kadhai add ghee. When warm add raisins and cashew nut.
Saute for a minute Add 3/4th Khoya and saute for another 3-4 minutes.
Now add cooked carrots and sugar. Cook for another 3- 4 minutes.
Turn off the flame and let it cool.

Line individual pie shells with Gajjrella, top with crumbled Khoya garnished with dark chocolate crunch

To prepare tart Knead soft dough with all the ingredients. Line tart mould with the dough

Bake in oven at 180-200 degree Celsius for 20-25 minutes

Let it cool and demould.

Use as required.

BEET ROOT HALWA

Ingredients
Beet Root
Desi Ghee
Sugar
Khoyadanedar(Reduced milk)
Green Cardamoms (powder)
Almond chopped
Cashewnut chopped

Method:
First rinse, peel and grate the beet root. Heat ghee in a heavy pan on medium flame.

Add grated beet root and mix well with ghee.

Cook beet root on medium flame. Continue to stir until the moisture evaporates.

Add sugar and continue saute until beet root halwa turns thick. Add khoya and keep stirring to avoid burning. Switch off the flame.

Add nuts and cardamom powder, mix well and serve it hot or cold.

LAUKI TART HALWA

Ingredients
Lauki (Bottle gourd)
Desi Ghee
Sugar
Khoya danedar (Reduced milk)
Green Cardamoms (powder)
Almond chopped
Cashewnut chopped

Method
Rinse, peel and grate the lauki and remove the centre portion. Heat ghee in a heavy pan on medium flame.

Add the grated lauki and mix very well with the ghee. Cook lauki on medium flame. Continue to stir until the moisture evaporates. Add sugar and saute till lauki halwa turns thick.

Add Khoya and keep stirring to avoid burning. Switch off the flame.

Add nuts and cardamom powder, mix well and serve it hot or cold.To give a twist to this halwa,you can get small ready made tart shells and transfer the lauki halwa in it. It tastes excellent when binged in together.

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