Gajar ka Halwa

Sweets have always been my favourite and one of them inculdes this..

its the most easiest, with little efforts of just scraping the carrots, but I bet you the effort is worth taking.

Ingredients

1 kg carrot (red)

4-5 tbsps shudh ghee

2 -21/2 cups of sugar

1 tsp cardomom(elaich powder)

18-20 cashews

15-18 kismis

200 gms khoya(mawa)

 

1. Scrape the carrots using a scraper
2. Take a thick bottomed vessel, put all the scraped carrots in it and let it cook for 7-8 min on slow flame.
3. Keep stirring the carrots as the water oozes out and dries
4. Add 3 tbsps of ghee first, let it melt and mix well with the carrot mixture.
5. Add 2 cups of sugar( i used tea cups which are not very big, if big cup add one cup and check the taste)
6. Let the sugar melt. Keep stirring. Add the remaining spoon of ghee(if  you feel oily do not add)
7. Add cashews(cut into small pieces), kismis Cardomom powder and stir properly
8. Crumble the mawa in your hands, and add it to the halwa.
   
9. Mix it completely and switch off the gas.
10. the halwa is ready to eat. Hot & Yummy!!