GAJAR HALWA

          Gajar halwa is a traditional slow cooked recipe of carrot halwa with just carrots, milk, ghee, sugar and a few dry fruits.

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Ingredients (measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml):

• 8 to 9 medium tender juicy carrots/gajar - yields approx 4 to 4.5 cups grated carrots

• 4 cups full fat organic milk

• 4 tbsp ghee/clarified butter

• 10 to 12 tbsp organic unrefined cane sugar or regular sugar or as required

• 20-25 whole cashews/kaju

• 5 to 6 green cardamom/chotti elachi, powdered finely in a mortar-pestle or about ⅓ tsp cardamom powder

• a pinch of saffron strands/kesar (optional)

• handful of golden raisins

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How To Make The Recipe:

• rinse, peel and grate the carrots.

• in a kadai or deep thick bottomed pan combine milk and grated carrots.

• on a low to medium flame, bring the whole mixture to a boil and then simmer.

• while the mixture is simmering on a low flame, keep on stirring in between.

• the grated carrots will cook in the milk and the milk will start to reduce and evaporate.

• when the milk has 75% reduced, add the ghee, sugar and powdered cardamom to the mixture.

• stir well and continue to simmer and cook on a low flame.

• do keep on stirring the gajar halwa in between.

• towards the end, add the cashews, crushed saffron and raisins and simmer till all the milk is evaporated. switch off the burner.

• serve gajar halwa hot, warm or you can also serve it cold.