Kuch meetha ho jaaye

Celebrity chefs Kunal Kapur and Michael Swamy create easy yet delicious Indian sweets to light up the festive season

- Ruhi Singh

Gajar Halwa

YOU NEED:

1tbsp ghee

2 cups carrots (crated)

3 cups whole milk

½ cup khoya

4 tbsp sugar

¼tsp green cardamom powder

8 -10 almonds (cut into slivers or flaked)

10 -12 raisins

YOU MUST:

• Heat ghee in a heavy pan over low flame and add grated carrots. Sauté the carrots till soft.

• Mix in remaining ingredients and when sugar dissolves, remove halwa from flame.

• Serve hot or chilled.

• Gently stir in milk and crumbled khoya and cook, stirring constantly till mixture thickens to the consistency of very thick kheer.

Kaju Katli

YOU NEED

4 cups sugar

1 cup water

4 cups cashew powder

1tbsp clarified butter

6 - 8 leaves silver varq