Lauki (bottle gourd) halwa

• Servings:
• Preparation time: 8-10 minutes.
• Cooking time: 22-25 minutes.
• Total time: 35 minutes.

Loaded with sweetness and enriched with goodness of milk, dry fruits and nuts; relish the real taste of bottle gourd.

Yummy –yummy, tasty- tasty Lauki (bottle gourd) halwa…

Ingredients:

• Lauki (bottle gourd): 400 gm
• Milk: 400 gm.
• Khoa/ condense milk: 200 gm
• Sugar: 100 gm
• Ghee: 20 gm.
• Green cardamom: 5-6 no.
• Apple green colour: optional
• Dry fruits: as per your taste

Preparation:

1. Peel off and grate the lauki with the help of grater/food processor, keep aside.
2. Crush green cardamom, and keep aside.

Method:

1. Heat half quantity of ghee in a pan; Put crushed cardamom in the ghee, add grated lauki stir fry for couple of minutes on high flame, add milk and cook  for 10-12 minutes or until lauki is done, that is milk is evaporated.
2. Add sugar; cook about 5-7 minutes, add Khoa stir fry for couple of minutes and add leftover ghee.
3. Fry till halwa consistency reached; add colour, put off the flame, garnish with cardamom powder and dry fruits.
4. ‘Delicious Lauki (bottle gourd) halwa’ is ready to serve.

Lauki (bottle gourd) halwa by Nag Ratna Sahu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.