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Posted by Corey on Jan 12, 2019 | Enter your password to view comments.

This traditional South Asian dessert comes in many forms. Most versions require cooking carrots in milk until they become mushy. This one is my favorite—it has a chewier texture and is sweet but not cloying, with very little added sugar. (You could omit the sugar altogether for a less-sweet version of the dessert.) The intensely concentrated carrot flavor is far more complex than you might expect from the simplicity of the ingredients list. When made with home-made mawa (milk solids, also called khoya), it is a time-intensive enterprise that is worth the effort. Ingredients (for...