Gajar Halwa Mousse | Carrot Halwa Mousse| Gajar halwa mousse recipe with detailed recipe & pictorial presentation.
Gajar Halwa | Carrot Halwa Mousse is a fusion dessert made out of delicious, classic indian dessert gajar halwa/carrot halwa.
Gajar ka halwa, also known as Carrot halwa/fudge or known as Gajrela, is a very famous dessert of India.
This is my latest creation where I have made mousse from gajar halwa and served it with orange reduction garnished it with pistachios.
How carrot halwa is prepared?
Carrot halwa is a traditional recipe of cooking grated carrots with milk, ghee, sugar. It is generally flavoured with cardamom & saffron, and garnished with chopped dry fruits.
What is Mousse :
According to Wikipedia, Mousse is French delicacy. It has a light and airy texture. A mousse can be served as savoury or sweet preparations.
Fusion dessert from traditional gajar halwa mousse : Pure indulgence
As winter season is bidding adiue, regular red and long carrots have almost vanished from vegetable market.
So i thought to make this delectable mousse with beautiful orange carrots and that too with a twist.
My family too relishes gajar halwa and when I served halwa this way, they all were surprised and happy to dig deep their spoons in this little beauty.
Gajar Halwa Mousse | Carrot Halwa Mousse, a perfect dessert for hot summers
As summers are finally here, and with change of season, it calls for something soothing and chilled. This chilled mousse perfectly fits the bill to sooth your nerves in this hot weather.
One last time to make gajar halwa till the next winter season arrives. Enjoy chilled gajar halwa mousse in modak shape with orange reduction garnished with pistachios.
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Method to make gajar halwa mousse :
Soak saffron in 1 teaspoon of milk
Put some water in the gelatin
Peel and wash the carrots and cut into small pieces. Add some water to the pressure cooker and simmer the carrot pieces upto 2 whistles.
Now take out the pieces of boiled carrots, grind them without water, to a fine, smooth paste.
Meanwhile heat the ghee in a pan. Add pureed Carrots and saute for some time. Add sugar to it and saute it.
Add cashews powder and saute it. Add cardamom powder. Add pinch of salt and saute it
Add the soaked saffron and remove from flame. After some time remove it on the plate and cool it down. Your gajar halwa is ready.
Now whip up heavy cream till soft peaks achieved.
Place the soaked gelatin for 5 seconds in microwave on high. Make sure it is lump free. Add gelatin to whipped cream.
Mix this whipped cream -gelatin mixture into gajar halwa with light hands.
Now fill this mixture in the modak mould or whichever shape you like, and refrigerate it for few hours in the fridge.
For Orange reduction :
Extract fresh orange juice and transfer it in a pan to boil and thicken. Add 2 tsp icing sugar to it
Switch off the flame when orange juice turns slightly thicker. Cool it and fill it in a bottle. Orange juice reduction is ready.
Make a desired shape with a orange juice reduction on a white plate.
Unmould the Mousse on a serving plate and decorate it with pistachios.
Serve chilled.
Happy cooking
Regards ❤️
Lata
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- Orange carrots 125 grams
- Ghee 2 tsp
- Sugar 1 tbsp or more
- Saffron strands few
- Cardamom powder a pinch
- Salt a pinch
- Cashew nuts 4
- Whipped cream 35 g
- Gelatine 4g
- Juice of 1 orange
- Icing sugar 2 tsp
- Pistachios handful
- silver vark to decorate
- Soak saffron in 1 teaspoon of milk
- Put some water in the gelatin
- Peel and wash the carrots and cut into small pieces.
- Add some water to the pressure cooker and simmer the carrot pieces upto 2 whistles.
- Now take out the pieces of boiled carrots, grind them without water, to a fine, smooth paste.
- Now heat the ghee in a pan.
- Add pureed Carrots and saute for some time.
- Add sugar to it and saute it. Add cashews powder and saute it.
- Add cardamom powder.
- Add pinch of salt and saute it
- Add the soaked saffron and remove from flame.
- After some time remove it on the plate and cool it down.
- Your gajar halwa is ready.
- Now whip up heavy cream till soft peaks achieved.
- Place the soaked gelatin for 5 seconds in microwave on high.
- Make sure it is lump free.
- Add gelatin to whipped cream.
- Mix this whipped cream -gelatin mixture into gajar halwa with light hands.
- Now fill this mixture in the modak mold or whichever shape you like,and refrigerate it for few hours in the fridge.
- For Orange reduction :
- Extract fresh orange juice and transfer it in a pan to boil and thicken.
- Add 2 tsp icing sugar to it.
- Put off the flame when orange juice turns slightly thicker.
- Cool it and fill it in a bottle.
- Orange juice reduction is ready.
- Make a desired shape with a orange juice reduction on a white plate.
- unmould the mousse on a serving plate and decorate it with pistachios and silver vark.
- Serve chilled
Lata I must say you are a genius what a lovely and mouth watering desert and too you made it so simple to understand. Thanks for such lovely receipes from time to time. Looking forward for many more to come.
Thank you so much Meenakshi This means a lot to me. Your words inspire me always.
Thank you for stopping by.
Awesome Lata .. sounds so interesting! Keep it up!
Thanks dear Mitali
Good to hear from you.
Never heard of a mousse with gajar halwa! This is a great idea. I can see it being a hit in parties 🙂
You are right Preethi. Thanks dear.
you have taken gajar ka halwa to a different level ,…hats off to you
Thank you so much Amrita.
Superb idea of making Mousse with Gajar ka Halwa. I have been making Gajar Halwa cheesecakes for a while… hope agar-agar works fine here .. shall try it sometime in future.. interesting post!!
Thank you Swati. Gajar halwa cheesecake is one delicious dish.
What an interesting international twist to our gajar Halwa…looks absolutely delicious
Thanks Lathiya.
What a super cool idea, Lata!! Loving the beautiful use of the mould and the texture of the mousse.
Thank you Seema.
Super liked your presentation. What an excellent idea. Mousse looks so beautiful. I am sure taste will be great too. Awesome share.
Thank you Sujata ji
Just love the fusion dessert you’ve created Lata, simple and yet so tempting. Must have tasted awesome with the orange juice reduction.
Thank you Mayuri. Yes orange juice reduction elevated the flavours.
Wowwing here, how pretty this mousse looks.. Very innovative and love that orange juice reduction, would have bring zing to this dessert na.
Thank you Priya.True orange juice reduction added beautiful flavour to it.
A winner fusion dessert for sure! Very impressive, Lata 🙂 It looks gorgeous <3
Thank you Freda.
This is such a lovely one with gajar halwa. Loved your creativity here Lata
Thanks Jayashree.
Mousse with carrot halwa is very innovative and it looks very delicious and creamy
Thanks Pavani.
Wow..a lovely twist to Gajar ka halwa, I bet this mousse will get lot of attention when served at the party.
Thank you Jagruti
Love that picture & totally love this dessert. This is such a nouvelle way of eating a quintessential Indian sweet. Very creative & so delightful.
Thank you Piyali.
What an interesting international twist to our humble gajar Halwa!!!! Really looks absolutely delicious 🙂
Thank you Sasmita
Interesting recipe mam”Gajar Halwa Mousse”mam,plz share some more food Fusion recipes with us
Hi Ashima. I have many fusion recipes on the blog, please do check them out. Glad to know that you liked it.
Thank you for writing in.