Beetroot & Oats Halwa Pudding

Name: Beetroot & Oats Halwa Pudding
Ingredients: 4 cups beetroot peeled & shredded; 1/2 cup sugar /Jaggery, adjust according to your taste; 1/2 cup old fashioned oats optional, it gives a chewy and sticky texture; nuts Handfull of, .., I used almonds, cashew & pistachios; 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder; 1/4 cup milk OR Half & Half; 2 tablespoons clarified butter /Ghee

7 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

4 cups beetroot peeled & shredded
1/2 cup sugar /Jaggery, adjust according to your taste
1/2 cup old fashioned oats optional, it gives a chewy and sticky texture
nuts Handfull of, .., I used almonds, cashew & pistachios
1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder
1/4 cup milk OR Half & Half
2 tablespoons clarified butter /Ghee

Directions

1

Peel, shred/grate beetroot and steam for couple of minutes in microwave, just to quicken the cooking process. Its optional.
2

On a medium flame, add ghee in a heavy bottom pan, fry nuts, then add shredded beets for 3-5 minutes on medium heat.
3

OR Cook it more if you did not steam earlier.
4

As the water from beets, starts to evaporate, slowly start adding a tablespoon of milk, every 2 mins untill done.
5

Now cooking oats, sugar/jaggery and stir well, cook untill the sugar syrup evaporates.
6

Add cardamom powder at the end of the process and serve hot.