Carrot Halwa

Carrot Halwa, one of the most popular and evergreen Indian dessert. It is a rich dessert made with fresh carrots, whole milk and sugar or condensed milk, generous amount of ghee and dry fruits.
In this recipe I have used small quantity of milk and more of condensed milk which is a quick and easy method than the traditional method using milk and sugar.

Ingredients :

• Carrots - 6 (approx. 5 cups tightly packed grated carrots)
• Ghee - 3 tbsp + 1 tbsp
• Milk - 1/2 cup
• Nestle Sweetened Condensed milk - 1/2 tin (200 gms)
• Dry fruits chopped (cashewnut, almonds, pista) - 1/2 cup approx
• Cardamom Powder - 1 tsp

Method :

• Peel, wash and grate the carrots.
• In a non-stick pan heat 1 tbsp ghee and fry chopped dry fruits separately. Strain it to a bowl and keep aside.
• In the same pan heat remaining ghee. Add in the grated carrots and saute them. Color of the carrots would change.
• Keep on stirring them until they turn tender. Now add 1/4 cup milk at a time and let the carrots cook on medium flame. 
• Once the milk is evaporated and carrot is almost cooked, pour in condensed milk and stir.
• The mixture would become watery. Stir in intervals and let it cook till it dries up.
• Add cardamom powder and roasted dry fruits. Stir once and serve hot or warm. It goes well with vanilla ice-cream. You can store them in air tight container and refrigerate for a week. Warm it up in microwave oven and enjoy this mouth watering dessert.