carrot halwa

If you are an Indian, You most probably love Gajar Halwa . evry Indian household has its own recipe of gajar(carrot) halwa, some add no milk, some add khoya, some add only milk, other condensed milk...the list will be endless. the carrots used are usually the red ones you get in winter, which are sweeter than the regular carrots, and it makes this a special winter treat. and you will find mother or grandmother making pots full of halwa in the winter to send to their children or grand children. b'coz lets face it moms love feeding their children and more so their grand children.
My moms recipe is one where she adds a lot of milk to the carrots, and the whole thing is then slow cooked for hours until the milk is completely reduced...time consuming .... yes... but also the best.

I had some left over short crust tart shells that i used to server them in.
the biscuit added a nice twist to it.
My very own Gajar halwa tarts.












Ingredients:

1 – 1½ kg carrots, peeled and grated
1 ½ - 2 L milk

250g sugar
50g cashews, coarsely chopped

50g almonds, coarsely chopped

50g pistachios, coarsely chopped

3 - 4 pcs green cardamom

3 tbsp ghee

Few strands of saffron

Method:

Start cooking the carrot on medium flame in a non-stick pan. Add 250 ml of milk at a time and cook till slightly reduced before adding more milk, until gradually all the milk has been added to the carrots. Also add the saffron, split cardamom and chopped nuts while cooking the carrots.

When the milk has been almost completely reduced, add the sugar and cook till dissolved. Keep cooking till halwa starts leaving the sides of the pan.

Add the ghee and cook for another 5 -8 minutes, while stirring continuesly.

Remove from heat and garnish with sliced nuts.