That would be just a day before we had a big get together or luncheon at my palce..bhaubeeg..man those were the days. If you have ever been at home while your mom cooked up a fundoo receipe, i am sure you would remember the aroma and every time you smell the same aroma again...you will re-live the same time and place. It has happened to me a couple of times, but this time it was strong enough for me to write up this post.
It all started (if i can say that) when my colleagues decided to a charity luncheon at Merrill Lynch. The concept is that we cook the food and people pay the price to eat it. That way we collect one part from the people who eat the food and one part from ourselves (we dont recover the cost of the food) and all the collections go to the Unitedway charity foundation.
Rohan (my roommate) volunteered to cook gajar halwa...with no prior experience. Later he decided to pull me and Pankaj into it too...anyways that was bound to happen.
One day before the finale we had no clue to as to what we were gonna do, we couldnt find shredded carrorts and were in no mood to do the shredding. But in our last try to get the carrots we walked into Giants and walla!! we found some 8 packs of shredded carrots. Then we started the actual cooking....
You can skip this para if you have no interest in cooking gajar halwa by yourslef..and just enjoy the pics!!
Heat up a cup of ghee in a pot and add shredded carrots to it...keep stirring the mix until the carrots go soft. Add almost equal amount of mile, sugar as per taste, gounded elaichi and shredded almonds to the mix. Regularly stir the mix untill all the milk is absorbed. If you like you can also add pista powder and kismis to the mix.
I can tell ya one thing...it tasted great, but then again you will have to satisfy yourself with the pics...
