It is a very popular Indian dessert made with fresh grated carrots, ghee, dry fruits and condensed milk (or milk and sugar).
Ingredients:
- 4 big carrots
- ¼ cup milk
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 1 can condensed milk
- Cardamom powder
- Dry fruit pieces (raisins, cashews, almonds)
Method:
- Wash and peel carrots
- Grate the carrots (either grate fine or thick)-I showed both types in the picture
- Add ghee to a pan
- Fry cashew and almond pieces first and once they start changing color, add raisins
- Transfer them to a plate
- Add grated carrots to the pan
- Mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes on low flame
- If mixture gets too dry, add milk and cook well
- Keep stirring to prevent burning at the bottom
- Then add condensed milk as per your taste (I used 80% of the can)
- Mix and continue to cook
- Once halwa starts thickening, add cardamom powder and fried dry fruits
- Optional: add 2 drops of artificial red food color and mix well
- Once halwa starts separating from the sides, turn off the stove
- Serve either hot or cold carrot halwa!
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Khup chan