Making this as my first dish is just that my family loves sweets. The carrots available in the market belongs to the juicy variety which are prefect to make halwa..This dish needs patience as the cooking process is slow , cut short methods are also available using Koya/ mawa are available which are equally good. I am preparing this dish by using the Slow cooking process.
Preparation Time :15 min Cooking time : 1 hour.
Dish : North Indian. Category : Dessert
Ingredients:
Carrots - 1/2 kg
Sugar -1/2 cup
Milk - 1/2 l
Cashewnut - 5
Pista, Raisin ,Almond -(optional)
Ghee - 4 tbsp
Cardamom - 2
Method:
1. Wash carrots ,cut the ends ,peel skin and grate it
2. Pour little ghee in a heavy bottomed vessel ,roast the nuts and raisins and keep it separately
3 . Add the grated carrot in the left over ghee and stir until carrot gets cooked till the raw smell leaves which takes around 5 mins
4. Now add the milk and let it boil until all milk is absorbed.
5. Add Sugar .After a few minutes sugar will melt and become watery, keep stirring it at regular intervals. Sugar can be adjusted if need be.
6. Once it starts thickening , simmer it and add the remaining ghee , cashwenut ,Pista, and cardamom
7. Once the ghee oozes out in the sides u can turn off
Tips:
1. Milk can be replaced with Mawa.
2. Speeding the process can be done by cooking carrot in Microwave/Cooker.
3. Adding pistachios taste better and looks rich
4. Milk / Mawa can be skipped by directly adding sugar after carrot cooks well
5. Heavy bottomed vessel is a must.
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