New Year 2023: Interesting Dessert Recipes To End Your Parties On A Sweet Note

And this year, if the winter blues are affecting you particularly hard, we recommend grabbing some homemade winter treats.

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New Delhi: 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.

1. 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, and grate coarsely.
• In a deep pan add carrots, milk and green cardamom (crushed)
• Put it on fire and cook till the carrot is cooked and the entire milk is consumed
• In a separate kadhai add ghee. When warm add raisins and cashew nuts.
• 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 the oven at 180-200 degrees Celsius for 20-25 minutes
• Let it cool and demould.
• Use as required.

2. BEET ROOT HALWA

Ingredients:

• Beet Root
• Desi Ghee
• Sugar
• Khoyadanedar(Reduced milk)
• Green Cardamoms (powder)
• Almond chopped
• Cashews chopped

Method:

• First rinse, peel and grate the beetroot. Heat ghee in a heavy pan on medium flame.
• Add grated beetroot and mix well with ghee.
• Cook beetroot on medium flame. Continue to stir until the moisture evaporates.
• Add sugar and continue to saute until beetroot 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.

3. LAUKI TART HALWA

Ingredients:

• Lauki (Bottle gourd)
• Desi Ghee
• Sugar
• Khoya danedar (Reduced milk)
• Green Cardamoms (powder)
• Almond chopped
• Cashews 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 readymade tart shells and transfer the lauki halwa in them. It tastes excellent when binged in together.