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Gajar Halwa
A slow cooked sweet Carrot preparation for festivals and cold evenings.
Ingredients
- Carrot (Gajar)2 medium
- 3 tbsp ghee
- 3 cups milk
- sugar or grated jaggery to taste
- 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
- a handful of roasted nuts
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 45 min
- Serves
- 4
- Difficulty
- medium
- Cuisine
- Punjabi
- Diet
- Vegetarian
From the farm
Method
- 1Grate or finely chop the Carrot.
- 2Heat 3 tbsp ghee in a heavy pan and cook the grated vegetable on medium heat for 10 minutes.
- 3Add 3 cups milk and simmer, stirring often, until almost all of it is absorbed.
- 4Stir in sugar or grated jaggery to taste and keep cooking until it thickens and pulls away from the pan.
- 5Add cardamom and roasted nuts, cook 2 more minutes and serve warm.
Storage: Refrigerate for up to 3 days.
Leftovers: Warm in a pan with a teaspoon of ghee.
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