Gajar ka Halwa

 

To Serve : 8 people

Ingredients:

• Carrots : 1 kg
• Full cream milk : 1l
• Sugar : 200g
• Green cardamom : 4
• Ghee: 250g
• khoya: 100g
• Chopped Almonds : 15 - 20
• Cashewnuts : 15 - 20
• Raisins : 30

Method:

1. Peel and grate the carrots.
2. In a heavy bottomed vessel, pour the milk and add the grated carrots and green cardamoms to it and bring it to a boil.
3. Keep it on medium heat, stirring occassionally, till the milk evaporates.
4. When a considerable amount of milk has evaporated, stir more frequently to prevent it from sticking at the bottom of the vessel.
5. Add sugar to the carrots and stir to mix.
6. Heat ghee in another vessel.
7. When all the milk has evaporated and carrot is cooked, add it to the ghee in the other vessel.
8. Keep it on medium heat stirring continously for 5 - 10 minutes.
9. Garnish it with grated khoya, almonds, cashewnuts and rasins and serve hot.