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8.6 HALWA - CARROT

8.7 KHEER - ALMOND & CARROT

INGREDIENTS

  • 4 tbsp Ghee
  • 8 cups Carrots, grated
  • 4 cups Milk
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 2-3 strands Saffron or ½ tsp Cardamom powder for flavoring
  • ¼ cup Almonds or Cashew nuts, roasted
  • 1) Heat ghee and fry carrots.
  • 2) Add milk and cook carrots until very soft.
  • 3) Add sugar, and then simmer until sugar dissolves and the syrup thickens.
  • 4) Add saffron or cardamom powder.
  • 5) Garnish with almonds or cashew nuts.
  • 6) Serve hot or cold.

INGREDIENTS

½ cupAlmonds, soaked and peeled
1 ½ cupCarrots, cut and boiled
1 cupSugar
6 cupsMilk
2Cardamom
2 tbspGhee
5-6 strands Saffron
2 tbspCashew nuts, chopped
  • 1) Grind almonds into a paste.
  • 2) Add carrots and grind again.
  • 3) Put into a thick bottomed vessel and add sugar.
  • 4) Stir constantly on low heat and bring to a boil.
  • 5) Add milk, continue to stir and bring to another boil.
  • 6) Add cardamom, 1 tbsp ghee and saffron strands.
  • 7) Stir for one more minute, and then remove from the heat.
  • 8) In another pan, heat 1 tbsp ghee and roast cashew nuts.
  • 9) Stir into the kheer.