Carrot halwa/Gajar ka halwa
Grated carrots simmered in milk and sweetened to give the melt in the mouth Carrot halwa or Gajar ka halwa.
Servings 2 people
Ingredients
- 1 cup finely grated carrot (200 g) (2 carrots)
- 1½ cups raw milk (342 ml)
- ¼ cup sugar + 1tbsp
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 2 big pinches cardamom powder
- 1 pinch turmeric powder
For tempering
- 1 tbsp ghee
- few chopped cashew nuts and almond
Instructions
- Wash, peel the carrots, and grate them finely with a fine grater.
- In a wide-mouthed pan (preferably nonstick), heat up a tbsp of ghee. Add the grated carrots, the cardamom, and turmeric powders and saute in medium flame for 5-7 minutes.
- Once it dries out, add the milk and bring to a boil. Once it boils, simmer and cook till all the liquid evaporates.
- Next, add the sugar and saute till it gathers together in 1 mass.
- Turn off the stove and temper with the ingredients given under to temper. Pour this over the halwa and serve warm or cold.
