Ingredients

• 1/2 kg - carrots (gajar), washed, peeled and grated finely
• 1 - small tin evaporated milk (or 1 small cup full cream milk)
• 1 - small tin Nestle cream (or crumbled khoya, 200 g)
• 6 tsp - sugar
• 1 tsp - cardamom powder
• Saffron (kesar) dissolved in 1/2 cup milk
• Rose water - 1 tsp
• 1 tbsp - ghee
• Almonds and pistachios (blanched and flaked or ground to a coarse powder)

How to Make Gajar Halwa

• Put the grated carrot in a deep casserole, add evaporated milk and cardamom powder.
• Mix it and keep in the microwave on high for 10 minutes.
• Remove casserole, add cream (or khoya), sugar, saffron, ghee and rose water.
• Mix well.
• Put it back in the microwave for another 10 minutes.
• Remove from microwave and mix well.
• Serve warm sprinkled with almonds and pistachios.