Gajar Halwa

Name: Gajar Halwa
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 4 large cups of grated carrot; 2 cups whole fat milk, loaded with malai/cream; 6 tbsp - Milkmaid (condensed milk); 5 tbsp - Ghee/ Clarified Butter; 4 Green Cardamons, crushed; 10-12 Cashew nuts, chopped; 2 tbsp - chopped pistachios; 3 tbsp - Raisins; 1 cup - Sugar, adjust as per taste requirements

Jyothi Varne @cook_7834277

Bangalore

There's something about homemade or should I say "mom made" desserts and the nostalgia associated with it.

Growing up as a 80s kid, we had very limited choices when it came to outside food. But then living in a joint family, where ladies of the house knew their cooking had some benefits for sure. There was no repetition of same old things to eat, we were treated to a variety and that made me a fussy eater that I am today. Carrot Halwa also know as Gajrela or Gajar Ka Halwa was made with fresh cream , painstakingly collected from cow's milk which was delivered by a milk man. Homemade ghee and dried fruits picked from famous City Market , along with carrots from Russell Market was a sweet dish that kids were treated to on a weekend.

There's something about homemade or should I say "mom made" desserts and the nostalgia associated with it.

Jyothi Varne @cook_7834277

Bangalore

There's something about homemade or should I say "mom made" desserts and the nostalgia associated with it.

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Ingredients

4 servings

4large cups of grated carrot
2 cupswhole fat milk, loaded with malai/cream
6 tbsp- Milkmaid (condensed milk)
5 tbsp- Ghee/ Clarified Butter
4Green Cardamons, crushed
10-12Cashew nuts, chopped
2 tbsp- chopped pistachios
3 tbsp- Raisins
1 cup- Sugar, adjust as per taste requirements

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Steps

1

In a deep kadai or a non stick pan - add a 4 tbsp of ghee and fry the grated carrots for about 5 mins until raw smell goes away on medium simmer.
2

Next add the milk and cook the carrots with intermittent stirring until the mixture reduces (milk will start to evaporate)
3

When milk has reduced to about 75% add in sugar, crushed cardamon and milkmaid. Stir well and continue to cook on low flame.
4

In a separate kadai/ small pan - heat 1 tbsp of ghee, fry the dry fruits (except pistachios) until light brown. Add this to the above mixture and stir well.
5

Once the milk has completely reduced, carrots are cooked and the ghee starts to leave in corners - turn off flame.
6

Serve Gajar Halwa hot or lukewarm as is with a generous garnish of pistachios or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.