Gajar Ka Halwa

What do you do when you get scrummy red, plump, fresh, Indian carrots? Make halwa of course! It helps that it is not too tough and yummy to boot. You can make it with regular carrots as well. But you will have an orange coloured halwa. Bleh!

Carrots, scrubbed, peeled and grated medium on a machine/box grater: 2 cups
Milk (preferably, full fat) : 2 cups
Sugar: 1/4 cup
Almonds, Cashew for garnish: 2 tbsp each
Cardamom powder: a pinch or two (personal preference)
Ghee: 5 tbsp

-Heat a thick bottomed pan with a couple of tsp of Ghee and roast the nuts and keep them aside.
-To this ghee, now add the carrots and stir fry for 7-8 minutes until soft and colour has changed
-Now, add the milk to  the carrot and keep stirring occasionally and cook on a medium heat.
-Wait until the mixture is almost dry and this takes about 30 -40 minutes.
-Now, add the sugar. This will make the mixture wet. Keep stirring and pour a few spoons of ghee as you stir on.
-Now add the cardamom powder and mix and let it cook for a couple of minutes.
-Serve hot on a cold winter's day.

This Halwa is not very sweet and you can increase the sugar if desired.