Carrot Basundi

Carrot Basundi

Ingredients

Carrot(big) – 1

OR Baby carrots – 5-6 (shredded)

Milk – 1 ½ ltr

Bread pieces – 2 (with brown sides removed and made into pieces with hand)

Ghee/Butter – 3 tsp

Sugar – 8 tbsp

Condensed milk or Nestle milkmaid – 4 spoon (optional)

Cashews – As required

Raisins – As required

Procedure

1. Heat 3 tsp of ghee or butter in a kadai or non-stick vessel.
2. Add shredded carrots and fry till you get the aroma of it. (Do not over fry it, as it spoils the taste.)
3. Let it cool down.
4. Meanwhile fry cashews and dry grapes or raisins with little ghee. Keep aside.
5. Add 1 cup milk to carrot in vessel and keep to boil. Keep stirring.
6. After 5 minutes, add all the remaining milk, keep stirring till milk comes to boiling and gets condensed. (It takes 15-20 mins for this. The milk should become semi liquid consistency.)
7. Add sugar to it keep stirring for 5 minutes.
8. Add bread pieces, the pieces should be very small.
9. Keep in the fridge atleast for 3-4 hours.
10. While serving add cashews and raisins.
11. Tastes good if condensed milk is added at last, but is optional.