Raw Carrot Halwa

You’ll be amazed at how delicious this halwa is. And you can eat this as a dessert or with store-bought rotis as a meal.

Ingredients

• ½ cup finely grated, unpeeled carrots
• ¼ tsp green cardamom powder
• ½ cup grated fresh coconut
• ¼ cup pitted soft black dates, ground between fingers, a few at a time
• 1 tbsp slivered almonds

Method

1. Put carrots, cardamom powder and coconut in a bowl and mix well.
2. Knead the ground dates into the carrot coconut mixture.
3. Repeat this process until all the dates are kneaded into the mixture.
4. Transfer to a serving bowl and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
5. Decorate with slivered almonds and serve.

You can try making this halwa with unpeeled grated beetroot, pumpkin or bottle gourd, too.