Baby Carrot Stir Fry

Ingredients:

Baby carrots - sliced
Green chilies 3 slitted
Salt
Grated fresh coconut 2-4 spoons
Mustard seeds 1/4 spoon
Coconut oil few spoons.

Method:

In a wide wok, heat oil. Add mustard and chilies wait till it pops and crackles.

Then add carrots and salt, cover and cook briefly. Further add grated coconut and remove from heat.

Serve warm as a side dish.

Milkmaid Carrot Halwa ( Milkmaid Gajar Ka Halwa )

Cooking Time: 40 minutes
Serves: 4 ( 50 g ) dessert cups

You will need

4 carrots ( 200 g ( 1 cup ) net weight after grating )
50 ml milk
100 ml Milkmaid (condensed milk)
1 tablespoon ghee
2 teaspoon cashew nuts, split
2 teaspoon raisins

Method

Wash, clean and grate carrots. Keep aside.

In a wide frying pan / kadai, heat 1 tablespoon ghee. Add finely grated carrots and fry for 3 - 4 minutes.

Add milk. Mix all the ingredients well. Stir occasionally. Cover with a lid and cook on a low heat for 15 minutes or till the carrots cooked / milk dries up.

Add milkmaid. Stir well. Cover with a lid and cook for another 15 - 18 minutes on a medium heat or until carrots well blended with milkmaid / carrot mixture thickens / fragrant.

Open the lid.

Add split cashew nuts and raisins and stir continuously for another 5 minutes. Serve warm or cool.