Gajjar Halwa (Carrot Pudding)

Ingredients

• 2–3 large carrots
• ½ cup (120 g) cashew nuts, broken
• ½ cup (120 g) raisins, washed
• 1 pinch salt
• 2–3 teaspoons sugar
• 4 pods cardamom
• 1 pinch cinnamon powder
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup (240 ml) milk

Steps

1. Cut off the blemished ends of the carrots, wash them, and then peel them.
2. Grate the carrots, and transfer the grated carrots into a saucepan.
3. Add the cashews, raisins, salt, sugar, cardamom, cinnamon, butter, and milk.
4. Heat the saucepan and bring the contents to a boil, while mixing.
5. Cook until the milk has mostly evaporated.
6. Serve with a sprinkling of cinnamon powder on top.

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Adapted from “Gajjar Halwa (Carrot Pudding)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.