Gajar Ka Halwa – the first dessert I remember making on my own!

Delicious, sweet, colourful... this dessert needs no introduction. Writing this post got me a lot nostalgic and reminded me of the days when I started testing my culinary skills…..the guinea pigs were my lovely parents and my darling brother….I started trying recipes on my own when I was in school.…..my parents always encouraged me, loved anything that I tried and my brother used to clean the pot but was also my best critic…….

There you have it; my first dessert

Preparation time: 10 minutes                                          
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Servings: 7-8

Ingredients:                                                        

                                    

700gms /4 cups red carrot peeled and grated
½ litre milk
2 cups sugar (depends on your taste)
200gms khoya / mava
4 tbsp ghee

For a garnish:
1 tbsp ghee
15 Cashew nuts(broken in to halves)
15 Almonds (soaked in hot water, peeled and sliced)

Step-by-step:

• Peel, wash and then grate carrots

•  In a non-stick kadhai, add 4 tbsps of ghee, fry the cashew nuts and then the almonds. Once they are slightly brown, keep them aside (hmm…smelling good!!)
• Add the grated carrots in the remaining ghee now and fry till the carrots start losing the raw smell (and how do you check???...hey…just keep smelling it)
• Pour the milk, once it's boiling reduce the flame, cook for about 20 minutes or until the milk is completely absorbed
• To this, add sugar and keep stirring on medium flame (Adding sugar will make the halwa watery. So continue cooking till it’s soft and dry)
• Add khoya. Cook on medium flame (approximately 15 minutes), stirring constantly
• Turn off the fire when the halwa is still moist
• Transfer in to a serving dish
• Pour a tbsp of ghee on the top
• Garnish with sliced almonds and cashew nuts

Serve it hot with a dollop of vanilla ice cream or refrigerate and serve chilled...

                                  

My son loved it.......so I had a winner on hand today.

Go ahead...... give it a try!! And don't forget to write in your experience!!
Sending this recipe to “food for little champs" hosted by Indu get cooking (Indu Mathew)

Yours Tastefully!!