Carrot Halwa - North Indian Sweet

Ingredients- 

1.- Carrot (red) -1kg,
2.- Pure ghee - 4 table spoon,
3.- Milk (full cream) - 1 ltr,
4.- sugar- 300gms,
5.- Dry fruits (mixed)- 1/2 cup (almond, pista, cashew, kishmish),
6.- Cardamom powder- 1 tea spoon,

 Method -  Take  a copper bottom vessel for milk. Pour milk in it and keep for boiling. Reduce milk to less then 1/2 ltr.  Peel carrot and wash it nicely. Add carrot in this thick milk and keep boiling on low flame for nearly 35 to 40 mins.Now carrot must have become soft and milk must have absorbed. Mash the carrot very nicely  with masher and and add half the ghee in it and fry on midium flame for 10 mins. Now add sugar and keep stirring frequently so that it does not stick .Add rest of ghee and fry on high flame till it becomes totally dry . Add dry fruits and fry for another 5 mins. Add cardamom powder and off the flame in a miniute time . Gajar ka haolwa is ready to serve. It can be served in both ways hot and cool.  




Gajar Ka Halwa - North Indian Sweet by asith-mohan-mangalore