HALWA

1kg carrots
(peeled and grated on the small holes of the grater)

100g date paste

200ml plant milk (we use soy)

50g Tahini paste

10g ginger

4tbsp sugar

3tbsp ground cardamom

1 tsp cinnamon

a pinch of nutmeg

150g mixed nutz ( pistachio, pumpkin, walnutz)

Grated 90% of carrots on fine grater and 10% on large grater. Heat up oil enough to cover the bottom but not too much and fry the nutz. Strain and put oil back in the pot; add carrots, ginger, turmeric and roast until changed color cca 10min, add chopped date paste, sugar and roast another 5 min. Add soy milk and cook until all liquid has evaporated cca 15 min. Add the spices a pinch of all spices from above (almost unnoticeable) and 1 tbsp cardamom powder, cook 5 more min. Add chopped nutz and cook for a couple of minutes more. Looking for a sticky pudding like consistency with absolutely no liquid & always taste for sweetness.

Heat it up in the steamer (flat as possible so it heats up faster and then put it in the mould

CITRUS SOY EMULSION

100ml soy milk

200ml sunflower (neural) oil

Turmeric pinch (if you have fresh use fresh)

Sugar 25g

Citrus zest (lemon, lime, orange)

Splash of ammaretto

Add soy milk, oil, turmeric, sugar to a cylindrical container, emulsion with the mush mush kitchen stick (not vitamix!) until a thickish cream forms. when satisfied add your citrus zest and the amaretto. Taste for sweetness and zestiness