One of the most popular Indian desserts,
here's for you the 'Gajar ka
Halwa' recipe.
Preparation time 30 mins
Serves -3- 4
INGREDIENTS
Carrots 2 (finely grated)
Ghee 2 tbl sp
Milk 1 ½ cup
Sugar ½ cup
Condensed milk 2 tbl sp
Cardamoms 2-3
Cashew nuts 1tbl sp
a pinch of saffron strands/kesar
Almond flakes 1 tbl sp
METHOD
STEP 1: Peal and grate carrot, keep aside.
STEP 2: Take pan pour milk, bring it to
boil and add all the grated carrot. Stir the
grated carrots and milk. Cook this mixture on a low to medium flame until the milk
completely observed by the carrots. Set aside.
STEP 3: Take another pan, add ghee, cardamoms and cashew
nuts, sauté for few seconds. Add 1 cup of water and saffron strings, bring it to
boil then add sugar. Keep on stirring until the sugar is well caramelized and syrup
should reduce by 50%.
STEP 4: Then u add the cooked grated carrots to this
syrup, mix well and finally add condensed milk.
STEP 5: continue to stir and simmer till the whole mixture
becomes dry. The condensed milk should evaporate completely. Don’t make it too
dry, some moisture is also fine in the halwa.
STEP 6: Garnish it with some almond flakes, serve warm.
