Instant Carrot or Gajar Halwa

Name: Instant Carrot or Gajar Halwa
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 400 gms red carrots; 1/2 cup sugar; 2 tbsp ghee; 1 cup full fat milk; 2 tbsp milk powder; 3 green cardamoms; 7-8 cashew nuts chopped; 1 tbsp raisins

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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I made this delicious carrot halwa following Zeenath Muhammad Amaanullah's Kadai Gajar Halwa but with few changes and it turned out amazing.On this Women's Day, I dedicate this recipe to her.Happy Women's Day to all the lovely women on this great recipe sharing platform and to you Zeenath specially for sharing this wonderful recipe.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

20 minutes

3 servings

400 gmsred carrots
1/2 cupsugar
2 tbspghee
1 cupfull fat milk
2 tbspmilk powder
3green cardamoms
7-8cashew nuts chopped
1 tbspraisins

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Steps

20 minutes

1

Peel and grate carrots.Heat ghee in a pan and add the carrots.Fry for few minutes.Add sugar, pinch of salt and fry again till sugar dissolves and carrot attains a nice colour.Add milk and boil.
2

Make a thick paste of milk powder by diluting it in 2 tbsp warm milk.Add this to the carrot and keep stirring continuously till moisture in carrot dries up.Sprinkle cardamom powder and chopped cashewnuts and raisins.Pistachios can also be added.
3

Garnish with chopped nuts and raisins and serve this warm as a delicious dessert.