Carrot Murabba

CARROT MURABBA

Ingredients ;

• Thick carrots            2 Kg.
• Sugar                         2 Kg.
• Lemon                       one
• Small Cardamom     10 pieces

Method :

Big, thick & hard carrots are used for making murabba, peel these & cut into 4-5 cm. pieces. Cut these into four length-wise pieces, remove the central hard portion. Boil water in a utensil. Add these carrots to boiling water, cook for for three minutes. Take them out & dry them with a clean cloth. Prick these with a steel fork. Combine sugar & 4-5 cups water in steel utensil, heat to make a light syrup. When the syrup boils add carrots cook for 10 minutes. Remove from fire & keep aside for 4-5 hours. Again heat the syrup till it is a bit thick. Add juice of lime & finely ground cardamom. Fill in a jar after it cools. You can use a small teaspoon citric acid instead of lime juice. Murabba is ready .