Ingredients

• 3 cups - carrot, grated (around 7-8 carrots)
• 2 cups - sugar
• 3 tbsp - ghee (semi-solid)
• 4 - cardamom
• Raisins - a handful
• Cashews - a handful
• A pinch or a drop - kesari powder (orange color)
• Salt - to taste

How to Make Carrot Raisin Halwa

• In a large kadai/wok, add carrot, a pinch of salt and saute until the water in carrot evaporates and the raw smell disappears.
• Reduce the flame to low, add sugar and keep stirring.
• Add a pinch of kesari powder.
• Let it cook for 10 minutes, then add ghee and keep stirring.
• After 15 minutes, remove it from flame.
• Crush the cardamom using a pestle and mortar.
• Meanwhile fry raisins and cashews in 1 tsp of ghee until the raisins puff up.
• Add cardamom powder, raisins, cashews and stir it well to mix.
• Serve it warm. You can even add a scoop of ice-cream while serving.
• Recipe courtesy: Food for 7 Stages of Life