Easy Gajar Halwa with icing glaze

Name: Easy Gajar Halwa with icing glaze
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 7 cardamom pods, powdered; 1 1/2 cups grated carrots; 6 tbsp ghee/clarified butter; 1/2 cup cashews (optional); 1/3 cup golden raisins (optional); 1 tin sweetened condensed milk; 100 g cream cheese/heavy cream; 65 g butter; 135 g caster sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract

Vasil Begov @cook_4506881

Easy Gajar Halwa with icing glaze

Vasil Begov @cook_4506881

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Ingredients

120 mins

8 servings

7cardamom pods, powdered
1 1/2 cupsgrated carrots
6 tbspghee/clarified butter
1/2 cupcashews (optional)
1/3 cupgolden raisins (optional)
1 tinsweetened condensed milk
100 gcream cheese/heavy cream
65 gbutter
135 gcaster sugar
1 tspvanilla extract

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Steps

120 mins

1

Rinse, peel and grate the carrots with a hand held grater or in a food processor.
2

Heat ghee in a thick bottomed deep pan and add the grated carrots.
3

Saute the carrots till they turn tender and are cooked. Keep on stirring in intervals while sauting the carrots.
4

Add the condensed milk, stir very well and add the cardamom powder, cashews and raisins (if you'd like to have them).
5

Stir again and simmer the halwa on a low flame stirring often, till the mixture dries up and reduces.
6

Check the taste and if required, you can add some sugar.
7

Spread in a tray and let cool while preparing icing glaze.
8

Add the butter, caster sugar, vanila and cream cheese into a deep bowl and using a mixer crash until a very thick cream. Decorate the halwa.
9

Serve warm or refrigerated cut in squares.