GAJAR HALWA

Carrot --- 1/2 kg (about5-6 carrots)
Khoya --- 50 gms
Full cream milk --- 1/2 cup
Sugar --- 3/4 cup
Ghee --- 1/4 cup
Cashew nuts --- 20-25
risins --- 20
Almonds --- 15 (soaked in water for over night and choped)
Cardamom powder --- 1/2 tea sp

METHOD:----

Scrub and wash the carrots and grat .

Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed pan and fry cashew nuts till golde and keep a side, then fry risins and leave a side, then fry almonds(badam) and keep a side.

Now fry grated carrot in the same ghee till raw smellof the carrot disappears.

now add 1/2 cup full cream milk and stir till milk gets dried.

Then add sugar and stir for some time first sugar leaves water and then it become dry cook in a medium heat .

now add 3/4 cashews, risins, almonds,cardamom powdermix well then add 3/4 khoyamix well and stir for 2 sec. and remove from the fire.

Dish out in to a serving bowl and top with remaining dryfruits and khoya

Serve hot or chilled

Carrot halwa with Ice cream will be my first choice.

And this is my another entry for SIRI s http://siri-corner.blogspot.com/2008/12/announcement-of-rci-awadhi-cuisine.html