Gajar  Halwa

A very typically Indian sweet dish which is an all time preparation of mothers in our very own Hindi films. My it be any good ocasion the halwa has to be there. I was tempted to make it today and here goes my version..... 

Ingredients

250 gms of washed, peeled freshly grated winter special carrots

3 cups of milk

1 cup of sugar (as per taste)

3 tbsps of clarified butter

Few strands of saffron

5 cashews, 5 almonds, 8 pistachios (I normally soak them for about half an hour and chop them)

10 raisins

Method

In pan take the clarified butter and add the grated carrots, cook the till soft, add the milk and  the saffron, wait till it loses most of its moisture, add sugar, the dry fruits, raisins,  now cook till it becomes a nice semi moist solid. This can be served topped with more sauteed dry fruits or as is. Hot or cold both taste great. It tastes good with hot hot puris too.