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Punjab · Dessert

Gajrela

Traditional 3. Gajrela recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• 500g carrots (young, tender), grated
• 480ml whole milk
• 110g sugar
• 30g ghee
• ½ tsp cardamom powder
• 30g mixed nuts (10 pistachios, 5 cashews, 5 almonds), chopped
• 30g raisins (optional)

👩‍🍳 How to make Gajrela

1. Grate carrots (10 mins): Wash, peel, and finely grate carrots using food processor (visual cue: fine, even strands).
2. Dry roast nuts (5 mins, medium heat): Roast nuts until crunchy, cool, chop and set aside.
3. Evaporate milk (20 mins, medium heat): Continue cooking until milk completely evaporates and carrots are soft (visual cue: no liquid remaining, carrots appear moist but not wet).
4. Add sugar (5 mins, medium heat): Mix in sugar as it releases moisture, stir well.
5. Add ghee & brown (10 mins, medium heat): When half moisture is gone, add ghee and sauté until halwa thickens and becomes aromatic (visual cue: mixture becomes dense, turns light brown, fills kitchen with sweet carrot smell).

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