Black Carrot Halwa

Black Carrot Halwa step by step instructions:

A very happy new year to all my wonderful readers! May this new year bring loads of happiness, good health, and prosperity to your life.
And I promise I will try to come up with many more recipes this year!

Today I will be sharing the recipe of black carrot halwa. Please don't be surprised when I tell you that I was absolutely unaware of black carrots. Quite some time back, one of my friend posted black carrot halwa recipe and I seriously wondered what black carrot is and I asked her the same thing. She then showed me the picture of black carrots. The next day when I went to the vegetable market I found the black carrots and did not waste even a single minute to buy them.
I then checked about black carrots on the Internet and found some interesting facts about it. And yes, your fingers will be purplish-black in color when dealing with black carrots, but you should not worry, as the color goes off after 2-3 hand wash.
This is my first recipe made from black carrots; yes the simplest yet the tastiest “Halwa”.
Check out my "Gajar ka Halwa" recipe here!
Do try this halwa and share your feedback!

Let us start cooking!!!

Ingredients:
Black Carrots (kaali Gajar): 4 big (~850 gms)
Full cream milk: ½ liter
Almonds: 12-13 (broken into small pieces)
Cashew Nuts: 6-7 (broken into small pieces)
Sugar: 100 gms (1/2 cup)
Saffron: few strands (crushed)
Green cardamom: 4 (skin removed and crushed)
Mace: a small piece (crushed)
Nutmeg: a small piece equal to one piece of chana dal (crushed)
Ghee: 1 tbsp

Method:
1. Peel the black carrots, remove the top part and bottom part of the carrots and grate them.

2. Take a heavy bottomed vessel. Grease it well with ghee.
3. Add the grated black carrots. Cook for about 2-3 minutes only and then add milk.

4. Let the halwa cook on low flame for about one hour while stirring occasionally.

5. Now add sugar and mix well. Cook until all liquid has evaporated.

6. Add ghee at this stage and mix well.

7. Now add green cardamom, mace, nutmeg, saffron, almond, and cashew nuts. Mix well.

8. Garnish with dry fruits and serve hot.
9. Super delicious “Black Carrot Halwa” is ready!

Tips:
1. First I remove the top part only (which is the thinner one), then start grating the carrot. If you remove the bottom part then it becomes difficult to grate till the end.
2. Cooking in a pan does require a lot of time but the time is seriously worth it.
3. Dry fruits can be chosen as per one's choice.

See you soon with a new recipe till then Happy Cooking!!!