Carrot Payasa | Payasa Recipes | Festival Recipes
Author: Vindhya Desai
Recipe type: Sweet
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 4 people
- 300 Gm or 4-5 medium sized carrots
- 1 Tbsp ghee
- ½ Cup sugar
- 2 Tbsp almond meal/powder
- 4-5 powdered elaichi
- 1 Cup whole milk or as required to adjust consistency
- 2 Tbsp raisins
- 6-8 cashews to garnish
- Scrub, peel and wash carrots
- Slice carrots and meanwhile boil some water
- Drop in the sliced carrots into the pan
- Simmer and let the sliced carrots cook till soft
- Pierce the edge of a knife or a fork to see if the carrots have turned soft
- In another pan, heat half the ghee i.e. about ½ Tbsp ghee and fry the raisins till they plump up
- Once the carrots have cooled a bit, crush or grind them with a hand blender or in a blender
- Add the rest of the ghee and mix well
- Next add sugar and mix well
- Sprinkle the almond powder/meal and mix well
- After sugar and almond meal have blend well with the carrot purée add the elaichi powder and mix well
- Pour milk to adjust consistency
- Mix milk well with the carrot payasa
- Finally add the plumped up raisins and mix well
- Let it chill, garnish with cashews and raisins
- Enjoy chilled or at room temperature!
Make sure you have fresh, tender carrots
Carrots can be cooked in the pressure cooker for 3-4 whistles
If you do not have almond meal, just soak almonds in boiling water, peel and blend into a powder or into a paste with water
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/carrot-payasa/
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