Lighter Apple Halwa
A wholesome Indian recipe crafted for health-conscious eating: nutritious, delicious, and easy to make at home.
Grated apple cooked down with a little ghee, milk and cardamom until glossy — a fruit-forward halwa in small scoops.
Apple halwa is a quick sweet that tastes like gajar halwa for people who prefer fruit. Grated apple is cooked in ghee until it dries, then finished with milk, sweetener and cardamom.
Ingredients
How to Make It
Sauté apple in ghee until moisture drops.
Add milk and sweetener; cook until thick.
Finish with cardamom and nuts.
Nutrition per serving
* Approximate values per serving
Health Benefits
Fruit base means less refined starch than many halwas. Keep sweetener and ghee on the lower end.
Apples cook down to a soft, sweet base, so you can reduce the sugar compared with a classic halwa. Ghee carries the flavour, and a little goes a long way.
Pro Tips
- →Use slightly tart apples.
- →Stir often.
- →Serve warm.
- →Grate the apples just before cooking so they do not brown.
- →Cook on medium heat until the moisture dries. This is what concentrates the taste.
- →Add the sweetener last. Apples vary a lot in sweetness.
A calorie note
Most of the calories in this dish come from a few ingredients. For reference, per 100 g: Ghee: about 876 kcal (about 40 kcal per teaspoon); Jaggery: about 380 kcal; Whole milk: about 61 kcal. Measure these with a spoon or scale, because small changes here move the total more than anything else. Values are rounded from USDA FoodData Central and the Indian Food Composition Tables (IFCT 2017), as of 13 Oct 2026, and vary by variety and by table. General information, not medical advice.
Variations
- 1No milk vegan version.
- 2Add raisins.
- 3Serve it warm with a spoon of thick curd, or add a pinch of cinnamon.
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