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Millymollymandy wrote:but my attempts at Barfi, which is my favourite,

Barfi? That sounds like, ergh, being sick...

http://mideastfood.about.com/od/dessert ... /halva.htm

I'd forgotten about halva! I ate loads of it when I lived in Israel on a kibbutz for a while. You could add a bit of grated carrot to the recipe I reckon.

That sounds very different from carrot halva, and I've also had the sesame seed version, which is different again!

Anyway here's the blurb from Wikipedia, which explains it better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halva

And for Ina...... Barfi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barfi

27. Carrot dhaal. Boil/steam them till they're fairly soft and add to the usual spice & onion mix you use for dhaal. They don't need boiling for much after that like lentils do. This also freezes well and is particularly yummy with bombay potatoes and spinach.

Millymollymandy wrote: And for Ina...... Barfi

Cheers - plain barfi sounds like what the Scots call tablet... In any case, too much sugar!

the.fee.fairy wrote:Not that i'm getting desperate...

Well...

An ex-GF of mine was an A&E nurse. Do you really want me to tell you some of the uses she saw carrots put to?

That's gross Stonehead. Please don't polute my mind with images of potential vegtable abuse.

No, no, no, they are only used to try to entice all those little rodents to come out of their hidey holes.

m3 - you are far too funny!! You just made me laugh out loud in my under-the-stairs office - luckily the sound was suitably muffled from the computer class next door and no other staff are here - otherwise I'd have been in big trouble!! lol

Millymollymandy wrote:No, no, no, they are only used to try to entice all those little rodents to come out of their hidey holes.

Millymollymandy wrote: The one thing I really, REALLY, miss about West London is going to Southall (an Indian area) to buy Indian sweets.

ever been into the Himalaya shopping centre just off the broadway in southall? fab afghan restaurent on the top floor, fantastic Pillau Murgh.

and if anyone is tempted to make a mock apricot flan with carrots, I've said it before and will no doubt say it again: DO NOT DO IT, MARGUERITE PATTEN HAS NO TASTEBUDS.

Thankfully I've never heard of mock apricot flan!

i made the mistake of making it then trying to get tea's kids to eat it; poor little angels.

Picked up today that Victorian gardeners used to bury a carrot by a plant that was susceptible to attacks by wire worms. The worms preferred the carrot to the plant and as the carrots were checked every morning, the wire worms were caught and destroyed before they set to on the plant.