Gajar/carrot Halwa

Gajar halwa is one of the famous desserts of India. there is almost no one that does not like this dessert. This also happens to be my husband's favorite desserts. Actually it is his recipe that i will be sharing today.

Ingredients:
1.)Carrot - 3 cups grated (aprrox 3 large carrots)
2.)Sugar - 1 cup (can be adjusted according to taste)
3.)milk - 3 cups
4.)ghee - 1tbsp
5.)cardamon - 4
6)raisins - 10
7.)cashews - 10

Procedure:
Melt ghee in a pan , and add grated carrots to it. Fry in ghee till they get cooked. Add cardamon and stir for a couple of mins, till the carrots starts getting the cardamon flavor. Next add sugar and stir with the carrots. Let the sugar dissolve and evenly coat the carrots. Add sugar little by little. Amount of sugar can vary by taste. Once the carrots are cooked and sugar is evenly coated, add milk and stir well. On medium heat let the milk thicken up in the carrot mixture. Keep stirring regularly, to avoid the carrot mixture from getting burnt or sticking to the bottom of the pan. Once all the milk thickens up, take another pan add 1tsp of ghee and add raisins and cashew and fry till the raisins are puffed up. Add this to the carrot mixture and stir well. Let the carrot mixture cook for 2 mins. Carrot halwa is ready to be served.