Why to add lemon and salt in gajar halwa?
We have added lemon and salt to gajar halwa simply to enhance the taste. There are 6 flavors, and we need to balance all the flavors in a dish: Sweet, sour, salty, bitter & pungent. In gajar halwa, sweet is our date paste & jaggery. Sour comes from lemon juice. Salty from rock salt. Bitter comes from cardamom. Oftentimes, we don't need a pungent in a sweet dish.