Gajar ka halwa
Grated red carrots cooked slowly in milk until it's gone, then fried in ghee with sugar, cardamom and nuts.
What makes it gajar ka halwa
- Red winter carrots, grated.
- Milk reduced right down into them.
- Ghee, sugar and cardamom, with almonds, cashews or pistachios.
Where it comes from
A Punjabi winter sweet, made when the long, deep-red carrots of the north are in season. It's an afternoon's stirring: the milk reduces into the carrots, then ghee and sugar go in and it fries until glossy.
It turns up at weddings and winter gatherings, usually warm, sometimes with khoya — milk cooked down to soft solids — crumbled through.
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