Carrot Halwa ( Gajar halwa)

(For 2 people)

375 gm carrots
30 gm lightly salted or unsalted butter
50 gm sugar
100ml single cream
2 t sp ground almonds (optional)
1 pinch nutmeg 
2 pinch cardamom 
1 pinch saffron (optional)


Recipe:-

peel,wash, top and tail the carrots.
Grate the carrots according preferred thickness.(I great them fine)
Now take wide non stick sauce pan and add butter and melt the butter for 20 seconds. 
Add grated carrots and keep stirring for 1-2 minutes.(high heat)
Now cover the saucepan and let it cook for 10 min. Now add cream and let it cook for further 10 min.(low heat)
Hopefully there is not much liquid has left. If there is quite a lot liquid than increase the heat and let all the liquid evaporate.
Now add sugar, nutmeg, cardamon and almonds and keep stirring for further 5-10 minutes. 
At this point halwa should be fairly stuck together. If not keep stirring for further few minutes.
Enjoy your halwa on its own or with vanilla ice cream!

Hope you like it!

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