Gajar ka Halwa with Khoya

• INGREDIENTS:

• Carrots (1 kg).
•  Milk (1 lit).
• Cardamom Seeds(1 Tsp).
• Ghee (5 TBs).
• Raisins (2 TBs).
• Almonds (2 TBs).
• Pistachios (2 TBs).
• Sugar(350 gms).

PROCEDURE:

Preparing Khoya:

• Take a sauce pan and add 1/2 litre Milk to boil.
• Reduce the heat and continue cooking at simmer flame. Keep stirring so that milk does not stick to the base of the pan.
• Stir more vigorously as milk gets thicker. The khoya is cooked when the milk is reduced to a thick, dry lump and it has stopped sizzling.
• Remove from the pan and leave it to cool.

Preparing Halwa with Khoya:

• Wash and grate the carrots.
• Soak the raisins in water for 30 minutes.
• Blanch and shred the nuts.
• Heat ghee in a pan and add carrot to it and fry them well till carrot gets fried well and reduces in quantity.
• Add sugar, mix well and cook till the sugar has dissolved and add all the khoya which is prepared earlier.
• Add the slightly crushed cardamoms and the raisins and mix well.
• Take gajar ka halwa from heat and arrange in a serving dish.
• Garnish with almonds and pistachios.