Raw Carrot Halwa

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
  • 8-10 almonds, slivered

Method

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

Variations

Substitute carrot with unpeeled grated beetroot, pumpkin or bottle gourd.

Serves 2