Eggless carrot cake

Ingredients

Carrots grated ½ kg

 Fine semolina 1 ½ cups

Milk 1 cup

Jaggery grated 1 cup + ½ cup sugar

Ghee 1 cup

Mawa/ khoya 100 gm

Baking pdr 4 level tsp + ½ tsp soda bicarb

Kesar-elaichi/ cardamom essence 10 drops

Chopped nuts, raisins ¼ cup

Cashew nuts halved 10-12 for decoration.

Method

1)      In a pan put 3 tbsp ghee, when hot, add carrots, then ¼ cup milk.

2)      Cook the mixture till it becomes soft.

3)      Remove & cool.

4)      Then add to the same pan 3 tbsp ghee, add semolina & roast till light brown, remove & cool.

5)      In a pan, mix the above mixtures, add jaggery & other ingredients, mix well.

6)      If necessary, add a little more milk. To get dropping consistency.

7)      Now in a cake tin, put remaining ghee, place on fire. When it is hot, put the cake mixture in it.

8)      Remove the tin from fire at once, decorate the top with halved nuts.

9)      Bake in a moderately hot oven till done.