Carrot Halwa

Ingredients:

Carrots - 2 cups (Grated)
Milk - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 cup

Whole Ricotta cheese - 5 Tsp.
Ghee - 3 tblsp
Nuts & Raisins - 6 Nos. each (Almonds, Cashews)
Cardamon - 2 (powdered)

Method:

• Wash, peel the skin and grate the carrots.
• Use a heavy bottomed pan and cook the carrots in milk in a low flame, stir occasionally to avoid sticking to the pan.
• After all the moisture is absorbed add ricotta cheese, sugar to the cooked carrots and stir continuously for about 10mins (medium flame).
• In a separate pan heat ghee and fry all the nuts & raisins.
• Now add the fried nuts, cardamom powder to it and stir for another 5mins and turn off the flame.
• Serve either hot or cold.

* Grind the cardamom with little sugar to get a fine powder.