Last updated at 12:59 BST, Friday, 16 July 2010

Carrot halwa

This recipe was sent in by Shimja Lukman from Sweden

I am Shimja Lukman, an Indian currently living in Sweden. This is a sweet dish which I love to cook for my husband. This is very easy to prepare and it takes only less than 20 minutes.

Shimja Lukman

The finished dish

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Ingredients

Grated carrot - 1 cup
Boiled milk - 1 cup
Ghee - 3 teaspoons*
Sugar - 1/2 cup (you can add more or less depending on your taste)
Cardamom powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Fried cashew nuts and raisins for decoration

*Ghee is made from milk. It is a class of clarified butter which is commonly used in South Asia. I think it is available in markets all over the world. If not, you can use butter or oil instead.

Instructions

Heat the ghee in a pan and add the grated carrots to it.
Sauté for, about 3-4 minutes until the carrot slightly changes colour.
Add the boiled milk.
Add the cardamom powder.
When most of the milk has evaporated, add the sugar and cook again for 3-4 minutes (you should stir the mixture occasionally to prevent any sticking).
The carrot halwa is ready. Decorate it with the nuts and raisins and serve hot.

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Comments

1. At 8:27pm on 23 Jul 2010, Dommi wrote:
Easy, fast, delicious and healthy (with less sugar) meal! thanks Shimja for this recipe.

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2. At 00:11am on 30 Jul 2010, Rose Araujo wrote:
Well, I think anything made with special spice is delicious. I love carrots and sweet food, then I'll probably love this carrot "halwa". As cardamon is from India and it's not vey used in the region I live in, I don't think it'll be possible for me to taste it or even prepare it.
At least it looks like great.

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3. At 12:35pm on 30 Jul 2010, Amita Sengupta wrote:
Carrot halwa is a very popular Indian sweet dish.It's also called Gajor(carrot) ka halwa.I have tried a number of times.Instead of cardamom, one can use cinnamon stick pieces for flavour.It will taste very nice,because I use the same.Thank you.

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4. At 12:51pm on 30 Jul 2010, hind wrote:
I think it's a delicious dish because we prepare in algeria some sweets with carrot like jam.

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5. At 11:16pm on 02 Aug 2010, marcos wrote:
It seems to be delicious and easy to cook, I hope to see more recipes like that here. Thanks .

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