Hawla is one of my husband's favorite Indian sweet treats, and it is loaded with sugar! Well no longer will I deprive my husband of his favorite treat from home. I have made his favorite treat healthy, and you can not tell the two apart!
Ingredients:
2-3 bags large carrots
2 cups original unsweetened almond milk
2 cups xylitol
10 cardamoms
1/2 cup chopped cashews
1/2-1 tbsp ghee or organic butter
Peel the carrots by hand, and then shred them in your food processor (or you can crate them by hand). Place the grated carrots in a pressure cooker with almond milk and cook until the pressure cooker gives two whistles. If you don't have a pressure cooker, you can boil the mixture for 10-15 minutes. Transfer the carrots from the pressure cooker to a large heavy pot heated at a low temperature; add in your xylitol and ground cardamoms. The mixture will need to simmer for about 1-2 hours on low to get rid of all the liquid. Near the end, in a separate pan sauté cashews in ghee or organic butter. Lastly, add your sautéed cashews to your Halwa, and mix up well. Serve this treat warm. Enjoy!
