Carrot Kheer

Ingredients

• 1/4 kg carrot, grated
• 1/2 litre milk
• 100 grams sugar
• 15 cashewnuts
• 15 almonds 

Method

1. Take grated carrot in a bowl and cook it till its done.
2. Then cool the carrot, add little milk and grind it in the mixer.
3. Boil the remaining milk in a separate bowl, when the milk thickens, add the mashed carrot and sugar.
4. Cool the above mixture then add finely chopped cashews and almonds.
5. Keep it in the refrigerator and serve cold. If you want you can add saffron to it.

Serves: 4-6

Preparation time: 20-30 minutes

Carrot Halwa

Ingredients

• 5 cups milk
• 1 tin sweetened condensed milk
• 3/4 kg carrots
• 1-2 tbsp sugar
• 2 tsp ghee or butter
• 50g nuts/raisins

Method

1. Grate the carrots, add to the milk and bring to a boil. Cook on slow fire stirring occasionally, till milk dries up.
2. Add condensed milk and sugar. Cook on slow fire till dry (for about 25 to 30 minutes) stirring occasionally.
3. Add ghee and cook for another 10 minutes.
4. Garnish with nuts, raisins and serve hot.

Serves: 10

Preparation time: 45 - 50 minutes

Anjeer (Fig) Halwa

Ingredients

• 200 gms sweetened condensed milk
• 250 gms fig or anjeer, chopped
• 1/2 litre milk, boiled
• 2 tbsp. ghee or butter

Method

1. Soak the figs in the milk for 1 hour. Grind it into a paste. Keep aside.
2. Heat the ghee in a pan and add the condensed milk, fig paste and stir continuously till it leaves the sides of the pan.
3. Serve hot garnished with silver leaf and cashews.

Preparation time: 25 minutes