CARROT HALWA/ GAJAR KA HALWA

               Im back home in chennai for a month. My daughter seems extremely overjoyed running around the place and examining her old toys…. everything is the same. Only she has grown bigger!:)
What better way to celebrate…..than a gorgeous looking carrot halwa?? Best when served hot with some vanilla icecream………….Ahhhhhhhhhh……….Heaven!;)

3 big carrors, grated (525 g)
3 to 4  tbsps ghee
1 1/2 cups milk
3/4 cup sugar

1 tbsp milk powder (optional)

1/4 tsp cardamom powder
8 raisins
15 cashewnuts, roughly broken

5 almonds, sliced

•  heat the ghee in a non stick pan. fry the nuts till slightly browned. Add the raisin and then drain.
• In the same pan, add the grated carrots and saute for about 8 to 10 minutes till the raw smell goes and the colour becomes pale orange.
• Add the milk and slow cook the carrots. This might take long. Cook, till the carrots have absorbed the milk.
• Add the sugar and stir. The sugar will give you a nice glaze but it will become watery again.  so cook and simmer again till nth emixture becomes dry and there is no more moisture left.
• add the milk powder. mix well.
• Add the cardamom powder and stir till the mixture has become thick and dry.
• garnish with fried nuts.

• make sure you use a non stick pan. It really helps