Gajar Paak

Years ago, my mother passed on her secrets to glowing skin..........use natural products like Carrot, cucumber, tomato, milk etc....I passed these tips on to my girls and they follow religiously......

Shruti, my younger one, uses grated carrot to soothe her skin and tomato pulp as a natural bleach.

Another pack that she uses regularly on her body is rice flour and milk powder mixed with rose water. It gets rid of unwanted hair and also keeps the skin baby soft.  

So when I grated carrots for my carrot paak, immedietely Shruti had to put some on her face, neck and hands. You know how it is with girls... 

My family loves sweets and I sometimes look for easy recipes, being the lazy kind..
So I made Gajar Paak.... 

Gajar Paak is not thick in consistency and full of ghee like Gajar Halwa and can be prepared in a hurry. Its a simple dish, very unlike gajar halwa that takes a lot of time and energy. However though prepared in less than half the time of carrot halwa, it tastes equally good.

Gajar Paak

Ingredients :

Carrot,grated....................................1cup

Milk..................................................1/2 cup

Ghee.................................................4-5tsp

Mawa...............................................1cup

Green Cardamom..............................1/4 tsp

Condensed Milk................................4tbsp

Nuts..................................................2 tbsp

Method :

Heat 4-5 tsp ghee.

Add 1cup carrot grated and saute well till it turns shinny.

In another pan take 1/2 cup milk and keep stirring to thicken.

When it is half the original quantity, add mawa and stir rigorously.

Also add the cardamom powder and condensed milk and nuts. Cook till thick.

Keep stirring all the while so that the dessert doesn't burn.

Add the sauted carrot and mix well.

You can add  crumbled cottage cheese or fresh cream instead of mawa but if you do themn reduce the quantity of milk to only 5-6 tbsps only.

Enjoy gajar paak !!

Gajar Paak

Shruti &Sayoni with their face pack on