Gajrela, Gajar ka Halwa
Gajrela is a sweet, creamy, carrot based dessert, making it a comforting and indulgent treat.
Ingredients
- 500 grams carrots, grated
- 2 pints whole milk
- 2 cardamom pods, shells cracked
- 3.5 tbsp sugar, to taste I used caster sugar
- 300 ml double cream
- 125 grams unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp pistachios, roughly chopped optional
- 1 tbsp almonds, blanched or flaked
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, add all the milk, cardamon pods and grated carrots. Put on the pan lid and bring to the boil.
- Then remove the pan lid and simmer on low heat until the milk has nearly dried out. This will take around an hour.
- Next add in the sugar and double cream. Again let this simmer on low heat until the mixture is nearly dried out. Keep a close eye to make sure the cream does not burn. This will take around 10-15 minutes.
- Then add the butter and stir through thoroughly, making sure all the butter has melted. Once the butter starts to separate from the gajrela mixxture, the dessert is ready.
- Finally, add the nuts as garnish and serve. The nuts are optional, but they do really elevate this dessert to another level.
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Notes
- You can use a food processor to grate the carrots for speed.
- You can add condensed milk instead of the cream, if doing this, do not add any additional.
- You can serve this dessert warm or cold. If serving warm, adding a scoop of vanilla ice-cream is a real treat!