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For halwa:Wash peel and grate the carrots .In a wide pan add ghee. Add grated carrot.carrot needs to be cooked only for 2 to 3 minutes until they turn soft
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Now add 4 cups of milk. Mix well and let the milk comes to boil. stir in between so that milk does not get stick to bottom.
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Cook carrot and milk for 30 minutes on low flame all the milk should be evaporated leaving behind thick khoya
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Once more than 1/2 of milk evaporates add 1 cup of sugar. Mix it well with milk.Add all the dry fruits
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Once again, cook the carrots for 30 minutes in a low flame until all the milk evaporates. your gajar halwa is ready.
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For Brownies:Preheat oven to 180 C (350 F) standard / 160 C (320 F) fan-forced. Line an 8-inch square baking tin with baking or parchment paper.
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In a large mixing bowl, add flour, cocoa powder and sugar and gently whisk to mix.
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Add oil, vanilla, melted chocolate and milk. Mix with a wooden spoon until smooth and combined. Add chocolate chips and mix gently.
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Tranfer brownie batter to prepared pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
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For Imarti:Soak urad dal overnight or for a minimum of 6 hours in enough water. Transfer the soaked dal to your blender and adding little water at a time, blend the dal to a fine paste.
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Transfer to a bowl and add food color and rice flour to it. Using your hands or a spoon, mix the batter for 3-4 minutes continuously. Set aside for 15-20 minutes.
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While the batter is resting for 15 minutes, make the sugar syrup. Add sugar in a pan on medium heat and add water just enough to cover the sugar. Stir continuously till sugar is dissolved.
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After 4-5 minutes the syrup will develop a one string consistency which means that if you put a drop of the syrup between your thumb and index finger and move the fingers apart, you will notice the syrup forming one string/thread
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At this stage add cardamom powder,saffron strands, and switch off the heat. The sugar syrup is now ready for dipping in the imartis.
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Pour ghee into a kadai on medium-low heat.
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Transfer the batter into the piping bag
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Pipe the imartis into the ghee once it's mildly hot. Make one round with the batter and then start making small circles adjacent to one another on top of that round that you first made
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Once you have piped the batter, increase heat to medium and fry till crisp from both sides.
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Once fried, take out the imarti, shaking off the excess ghee. Dip the fried imarti in the sugar syrup for few seconds. Remember the sugar syrup should be warm at this point.
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Flip the imarti to dip the other side in the sugar syrup too. Remove from the sugar syrup and transfer to a silicone mat
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For serving: Put carrot halwa into a serving dish.Top up with Imarti.Garnish with crumble Brownies ,rose petals and syrup
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