Melt in Your Mouth Carrot Pudding
OK ! let me cut the crap- my carrot pudding is nothing but hamara gajjar ka halwa. Even though my mom is my favourite cook, I was not a great fan of her gajjar ka halwa when i was kid. But now I realise that it was not her gajjar ka halwa that I did not like but it was the fact that it was made out of my least favourite veggie that made me think I hated it !!
Hence I never really bothered to make it till one fine day my husband confessed his secret craving to have gajjar ka halwa. After that day- gajjar ka halwa is one of the regular desserts in my house.
My recipe is slightly different from the regular fare since I don’t use milk but instead use khova (Solidified milk) and just like the name suggest- it is indeed melt in your mouth halwa. So enjoy and let me know what you think about it 
You Need :
1. Carrot-1 Kg, Finely Grated
2. Sugar- 1 Cup
3. Ghee- 1/4th Cup
4. Khova- 500 g
5. Cardamom- 1 tsp, powdered
This is how you make it :
1. Heat 1/4th cup of ghee in a large pan.
2. Add the grated carrots and fry till all the moisture is gone. You will also notice that colour of the carrot has turned pale orange. This will take approximately 15-20 minutes.
3. Add the sugar and the cardamom powder and fry till the sugar has mixed well with the carrots. Make sure that you are stirring often and continue this process till the moisture is completely gone.
4. Now crumble the khoya and add it to the grated carrots and keep stirring till the khoya melts and makes the carrot creamy.
5. Stir till the khoya is well mixed and the moisture has completely dried.
6. Remove from fire and let the halwa cool.
7. Serve with some vanilla ice cream.
8. The whole process will take 1 hour.
Good Reading :
Hooked on Heat’s Gajjar Ka Halwa
Anthony’s Kitchen’s Gajjar Ka Halwa
