Ingredients:

• 1 kg – carrot, wash and grated
• 1 litre – Milk
• 450 g – Sugar
• 5 tbsp – Ghee
• 1/2 cup – dry fruits (sliced Almond and raisin-fry in ghee)
• Pinch – salt
• 1 tsp – cardamom.

Method:

1. Wash and grate the carrots.
2. In a pan put 3 tbsp of ghee and carrot and fry till 5 to 8 mins.
3. Add the milk. Cook on a low flame for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
4. Add sugar, salt, mix well and cook till the sugar has dissolved and all the milk has been absorbed.
5. Add ghee and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
6. Add the slightly crushed cardamoms. Mix well.
7. Remove the gajjar halwa from heat and arrange in a greased serving dish
8. Garnish with almonds and raisins.

Recipe courtesy of Deepa Ramesh