Sweet Cardamomed Carrots

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb	454g / 16oz	Carrots - peeled
		And finely grated
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Sugar - plus
2 tablespoons	30ml	Sugar
2 cups	474ml	Low-fat milk
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Ground cardamom
2 teaspoons	10ml	Grated lemon peel
2 tablespoons	30ml	Butter
2 tablespoons	30ml	Flour
		Garnish
		Pine nuts
		Pistachios
		Almonds
		Raisins

Recipe Instructions

1. Steam the carrots with the sugar, milk, cardamom, and lemon peel for about 15 minutes, until the carrots are tender. Pour int a sieve, pressing firmly on the carrots to remove all the liquid. Reserve the liquid.

2. Melt the butter in a saucepan and stir in the flour. Add the carrots, stirring to coat witht he flour mixture, and toss for 3 or 4 minutes.

3. Pour the cooking liquid over the carrots, mix well and cook or about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour into individual serving dishes and garnish with nuts and raisins.

SOURCE Caravanserai: Mixing Spices with History: Recipes With Cardamom http://www.bayarea.net/~emerald/caravan/ Site has information about the history of cardamom, its storage, uses and folklore and mail order. Busted by [email protected] (jan 1998)

Notes: Helawat al Jazr -- from Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the Gulf States. This is a recipe quite similar to that served in northern India, a Moghul dessert.

Source:
Caravanserai: Recipes with Cardamom

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