gajar halwa shots | no bake gajrela cheesecake recipe
Instant pot halwa goes hi-fi.Bakery style no bake cheesecake made with cream cheese and gajrela, carrot halwa shots is a treat any time and any day.
Servings: 8 people
Equipment
- stand mixer
- hand mixer for whipping cream, or you can use stand mixer
- wilton icing tip
- piping bag
- glass jars
- can opener
Ingredients
For gajar ka halwa in instant pot
- ½ kg carrots
- 100 gm beetroot approx , ½ medium beetroot, optional, used only for darker color in case of using orange carrots.
- ½ cup sugar use lesser sugar if you sweetened condensed milk
- 2 cups full-fat milk
- ½ cup cream cheese or condensed milk
- handful chopped pistachios or cashews for garnish, optional
- 1 tablespoon ghee
For cream cheese filling
- ½ block cream cheese 1 block is 250 grams,use them at room tempreture
- 2 tablespoon sugar powdered
- ½ tbsp. rose water / gulab jal
- 50 ml heavy whipping cream or thickened cream for whipping,use chilled
- 4-5 strands Saffron soaked in 2-3 tablespoon milk.
Instructions
For instant pot gajar ka halwa
- Grate carrots and beets in a food processor or finely chop in Vitamix blender.Heat ghee in an instant pot, add carrots and beets to it. Cook for few minutes and
- Cook for 5 minutes on low mode, in an instant pot.Add milk and sugar to it.
- Add cardamom,Cook for 5 minutes in the instant pot pn pressure mode with the seal ON.Do a quick release once it has cooked in the instant pot,start cooking in saute mode on medium heat.Add cream cheese.
- Do a quick release once it has cooked in the instant pot,start cooking in saute mode on medium heat.Add cream cheese. Cook on medium heat for 15 mins or until you get halwa like consistency, stirring contiously between.
- Optionally garnish with chopped pistachios and cashews.Let it cool until it comes to room temperature, before you layer your cheesecake.
For cream cheese filling
- Add cream cheese in a bowl of electric mixer
- Add powdered sugar and start beating this on on medium speed until soft.
- Add rose water to the mix once it is soft,Also add the saffron milk mixture and beat it for few minutes until its well combined
- In a seperate bowl,add the whipping cream,Start beating with hand mixer or stand mixer until you get soft peaks
- Add this whipping cream to the cream cheese mix.
For serving
- Place a layer of gajar ka halwa on top. Make a layer of cream cheese on top.Add another layer of gajar halwa on top.Garnish them with chopped pistachios and rose petals, refrigerate them for later use or serve instantly. They go fine in the fridge for atleast 2 days.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes
1 block of cheese can be used to make 15-16 serving in small bowls. This is an approximate and I will update this post next time when I make this for a larger number of servings.