Creamy carrot halwa

Name: Creamy carrot halwa
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1–2 tablespoons rice syrup; ½ teaspoon ground turmeric – optional; 1 tablespoon coconut oil or vegan butter; pinch of salt; ¼ cup (40 g) pistachios (or cashews), chopped*; ¼ cup (45 g) raisins; flaked almonds and pistachios, to garnish; ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom, or the seeds from 4 cardamom pods; 2½ cups firmly packed (390 g) grated carrot; 2½ cups (625 ml) plant milk

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Jackfruit and Blue Ginger

By Sasha Gill

Published 2019

About

At first, using grated carrot in a pudding like this might seem strange, but it is no stranger than a classic carrot cake. Here, grated carrots are stewed in a cocktail of sugar and spice, to yield a velvety dessert stippled with jewel-like raisins and emerald pistachios.

Ingredients

2½ cups firmly packed (390 g) grated carrot
2½ cups (

Asia
India
Dessert
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Put the grated carrot and plant milk into a medium saucepan, bring to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes. Now add the cardamom – and the turmeric, if using. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, until almost all the liquid has been absorbed. Stir in the syrup, oil or butter and salt and cook for another 3–5 minutes or until it is still wet, but there are no pools of liquid remaining around the c