Heavenly Sweet Carrot Truffles / Carrot Laddu

I love vegetables. But i hate carrots. They taste raw, right? When made curry they taste sweet. I don't like my spicy curry to be sweet also. May be many of you are like me, (i said may be). Then this post is for you friends. 

And those who love carrots will love this heavenly treat for sure. And why shouldn't they? Its yummy, delicious................ hmmm, my mouth is watering. Yes it's me (who hate carrots) saying this. These truffles are easy to make with less ingredients. Carrot Truffles make perfect desserts for parties and get together.

Carrot Truffles

Here goes the recipe...

The recipe is similar to carrot (gajar) halwa. I just made it into small balls. That makes it easier to serve and more appetizing. 

Sweet Carrot Truffles

Preparation time : 10 minutes
Cooking time      : 1 hour
Yield                  : 20 truffles

The Ingredients:

Carrot grated          - 5 cups

Sugar                     - 1/2 cup

Milk                        - 1.5 cups

Ghee                      - 4 tbsp

Cardamom              - 3 or 4 

Raisins (optional)     - 1 tbsp

Nuts (optional)        - 1 tbsp

Ingredients for Carrot truffles

Method

 Peel, wash and grate the carrots.

Grated carrot

Heat the pan in medium flame. Add 3 tbsp ghee into the hot pan.

Add ghee to the hot pan

Add the grated carrots into the hot ghee. Mix well. In very low flame, cook until the carrots are cooked and doesn't taste raw. This will take some 20 minutes. All the water in the carrot should evaporate.

Cook grated carrots in ghee.

Now add milk into the cooked carrots. Cook in a medium flame for 15 minutes or until the milk is completely absorbed by carrot. The carrot should again become dry.

Add milk into cooked carrots

Add the sugar into this dry carrot-milk mixture.Then the mixture will again become watery as the sugar dissolves. Continue cooking in medium flame until this mixture is again dry. This time the carrot mixture will be sticky. Caramelization is the process happening here. This will again take some 15 minutes to dry completely.

Add sugar to carrot and cook

Meanwhile powder the cardamom (avoid this if using powdered cardamom).

Powder the cardamom

When the mixture is dry and sticky, switch off the flame. Add cardamom powder and remaining ghee. Mix well to combine.

Add cardamom and ghee.

Then add nuts and raisins.

Add nuts and raisins

Till this point it is CARROT HALWA.

From here this will be called the SWEET CARROT TRUFFLES.

When the halwa is warm enough to handle, make small lemon sized balls. Sprinkle some sugar in a plate or cookie sheet. Place the truffles in the plate. Dust with sugar. 

Make truffle balls from carrot halwa.

Enjoy...

Carrot Truffles with nuts and cardamom flavor

Sometimes when I am ignored or rejected,  i get more inspired. This post is such an inspiration. 

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