INDIAN CARROT PUDDING

 GAJAR KA HALWA

Gajar Ka Halwa ia a mouth watering sweet  dish  from Indian Subcontinent.It is also named as gajar -pak.It is an easy and tasty super popular sweet Indian dish .At the home in Punjabi language we call it as Gajrela.Specially  in the winter days,we often made this dish..Gajar Ka Halwa is very delicious Indian dessert made up of carrots, milk and sugar.So let's prepare yummy Gajar Ka Halwa.

PREP TIME    :   10 mins
COOK TIME  :   40 mins
TOTAL TIME :  50 mins
COURSE          :  Desserts, Sweets

INGREDIENTS:

   7 juicy  carrots  (approx 500gms)grated

   4 cups milk

   4 spoon ghee

   10 spoon sugar(add as needed)

   10 cashews,almonds (chopped)

   10-12 raisins

   6-7 cardamon (powder finely in the mortar)

   1 pinch saffron(optional)

   3 tbsp dry fruit powder(optional)

METHOD :

1.Rinse, peel and grate the carrots.
2.In a pan add ghee ,as ghee starts to melt add grated carrots and milk.Stir it well
3. Keep the flame medium , bring the whole mixture to boil.
4. As the milk beings to evaporate  , add sugar and cardamon powder.(meanwhile keep steering the mixture).
5. Stir well and allow it to cook on the low flame
6. At the end add dry fruit powder, raisins ,chopped cashews, almonds and saffron .
7. Simmer the halwa till the milk  gets evaporated completely
8. Serve the halwa hot or you can serve it cold. Garnish it with some more dry fruits while serving.

NOTES:

1.In case of less time,you can cook the halwa in the pressure cooker.

2. You can use any dry fruits you want

3.Halwa , when prepared in a traditional way gives you delicious taste.

4.Carrot Halwa can be stored in air tight container in a fridge for one week.