MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Gajrela (Carrot Pudding) Categories: Indian Yield: 1 Batch 1 lb Carrots 4 oz Ghee or cooking oil 6 Cardamoms 6 Cloves 1 Cinnamon stick (2") 3 c Milk 1 3/4 c Soft brown sugar 4 oz Almonds; chopped 2 oz Sultanas 1 c Double cream Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 1 hour 10 minutes This is a very popular recipe particularly in the north of India. It uses large amounts of cream to make a thick sauce in which are soaked sweetened grated carrots. It is certainly one of the easier Indian sweet dishes to make. Scrub the carrots and grate them on the coarsest side of the grater. Heat the ghee or cooking oil in a saucepan. Remove the seeds from the caramoms and fry them, together with the cloves and cinnamon, broken into small pieces, for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the grated carrot and stir it so that it is well mixed in with the ghee. Pour on the milk and add the sugar. Bring to the boil and stir to dissolve the sugar. Continue to boil for 30 minutes until the milk begins to thicken. Reduce the heat and add the almonds and sultanas Pour in the double cream and continue to cook for a further 15 minutes. Serve hot. Gajrela is sometimes served cold, but to my mind it is not as appetising as the ghee tend to coagulate when the dish is chilled. Recipe by Indian Cooking by Khalid Aziz, 1983 MMMMM