Gajar Barfi

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My Plate, Your Plate is a storytelling and community arts cooking project where participants share recipes and stories. The project aims to build relationships between local residents and people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds, breaking down social isolation, building cultural awareness and solidarity.

This recipe was shared by Wasan, project participant, hear her story below and download the recipe.

Wasan's Story

Photo of Wasan in black t-shirt in background, another project participant is in forefront of photo, photo is in a kitchen setting and women are cooking

L-R: Khalidah, Wasan

Transcript

Wasan Transcript (DOCX 13.7KB)

Ingredients

500 grams peeled carrot chopped
½ cup sugar
¼ cup cornflour
1 cup water
2 tablespoons ghee
¼ cup desiccated coconut for decorating

Method

Step 1

Line a small square glass or plastic container with baking paper.
Steam carrot until very soft.
Blend until very smooth and push through a wire strainer/sieve into a large bowl.

Step 2

Add the sugar, water and cornflour and whisk until smooth and everything has incorporated.

Step 3

Pour the mixture into a non-stick fry pan and cook over moderate heat stir-ring continuously with a spatula. When the mixture begins to look silky and thicker (after approx 10 minutes) add the ghee. Mix well again.

Step 4

Continue cooking and stirring the mixture until it becomes very thick and when it starts to form a paste continue cooking until it splits and moves like thick glue.

Step 5

Pour the mixture into your prepared container, smoothing the top with your spatula - let cool for 1 hour until set. Cut into small squares and roll in the coconut.

Allergy warning

Contains dairy
Gluten free (please check your own cornflour to make sure it is gluten free)

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