CARROT COCONUT BURFI

A Simple and Easy sweet that can be prepared in minutes. Coconut burfi is usually made sweet. By adding carrot it gives extra taste and wonderful colour to the recipe.

INGREDIENTS:
Carrot - 1 cup
Coconut - 1 cup (grated)
Sugar - 1 1/4 cup
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
Cashews - 10 (optional)
Ghee - 3 to 4 tsp

METHOD:
1. Grate coconut and Carrot separately and keep aside.
2. In a thick bottomed tawa, add ghee.
3. Add carrot and coconut and cook well in medium flame until raw smell of the carrot disappears. Stir on continuously so that it doesn't get burnt.

4. Add sugar and mix well. First, it will turn to watery consistency.
5. By cooking continuously the mixture will get thickened.
6. Add cardamom powder and mix well.
7. When the mixture leaves the side of the pan, pour over a plate greased with little ghee and spread well.

8. Slightly roast the cashews and arrange on the top of the mixture.
9. Allow to cool completely and cut into pieces of desired shape.
10 Tasty and delicious Carrot Coconut Burfi is ready.

Note:

• Using cashew is optional. 
• If we cook till the sugar is absorbed and switch off the flame, Carrot coconut Halwa can be made.
• To cut into pieces, we should further cook till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan.