Carrot halwa

Carrot halwa

Ingredients

Carrot 1 kg

Cashew nuts 4 tbsp
Raisins 4 tbsp
Sugar 500 gm
Milk 2 litre
Cardamom pods 8 nos
Butter 250 gm/ml.
Salt a pinch.

Preparation

Clean, peel, grate and cook the carrots and keep aside.  Heat butter in a thick bottomed pan, fry the split cashew nuts and raisins, add milk, sugar, crushed cardamom pods, carrots and rice flour and cook on low flame till all the milk is drained and oil comes visible.

Transfer the halve to a dish, cover it with a plastic paper/parchment paper and apply some pressure over it for the next 24 hours. ( a vessel filled with 3-4 litre water can be used as weight)