Gajar Halwa/ Carrot Halwa

Some posts appear much before they have to actually appear. Just like this Gajar Halwa I made for my colleagues last week... I was definitely not intending to post this anytime sooner as there are so many recipes sitting in my drafts and I wanted to finish off the older ones before I go to the newer ones. However, when somebody is not willing to take down the recipe orally after eating it and insists on seeing it as a blog post, what do I do? :)

There she helps... :)

I had quite a bit of carrots sitting in my fridge and I had to finish it off. I checked with my colleagues whether they wanted halwa or kheer, and the response came in unanimous tone - HALWA! And it had been quite sometime since I had made it. Once I peeled the carrots and started grating it, my elder one, who was just up from her long sleep after her jet-lag  came and asked me if she could grate the carrots. I was pleasantly surprised! This is the first time she has asked me if she could help and that too with household chores! I was kind of worried as our marble top is slightly high, made for tall people like me. ;) My elder one is actually taller than her age category kids. I told her that her hands may ache. She gave me a disappointed look and told, "Ummi, I am bored, I want to do something!"

OK, fine, so that means I get rid of the work of grating carrots. Hehe... she went on to grate all except two. Her hands did finally ache! :) But I was amazed at the speed she finished them off, I didn't expect her to do it so fast. So going to say that maybe the halwa tasted awesome because her little hands had grated them and I was pestered for this recipe.