Gaajar Murabba

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Gaajar Murabba

Description

Cooking Time

Preparation Time :30 Min

Cook Time : 7 Hr 0 Min

Total Time : 7 Hr 30 Min

Ingredients

Serves : 6
  • 1/2 kg carrots


  • 300 gms sugar


  • 1/2 spoon lemon juice


  • 1 tbsp of chopped nuts like almonds, cashew nuts and pistachios

Directions

  • Peel the carrots, break the stems and wash them.
  • Let the carrots dry and cut them into 1 or 1 1/2 inch pieces. If the carrots have more of yellow part in it, then cut carrot in two parts and take out the yellow part from it.
  • Take a deep pan and heat water in it. The quantity of water should be enough to dip all the pieces f carrots. Boil the carrots into water for another 2-3 minutes once the water starts to boil. Turn off the flame. Cover the pan and leave the carrots for 5 minutes in it.
  • Take out the carrots from the pan and put it over the cloth wrapped on a strainer so that water dries from the carrots.Once all water dries up from carrots pieces, break them with a fork.
  • Put the carrots in a steel pan and mix sugar in it. Cover the pan and leave it for 6-7 hours. Within this time the juice will come out of the carrots and collect into the pan.
  • Put this pan on a stove and cook till one string syrup forms. Turn off the flame. If u find syrup too thin next day, keep the pan once again on the stove and let it boil again till syrup gets thick.
  • Add lemon juice which acts as a preservative for storing it for a long time once the carrots cool down. Carrots Murabba is ready. Garnish with dry fruits.
  • Store the carrots Murabba in an air tight container and eat it whenever u like.