Lauki ka halwa (Bottle gourd)
Lauki ka halwa (Bottle gourd)

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, lauki ka halwa (bottle gourd). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Lauki ka halwa (Bottle gourd) is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Lauki ka halwa (Bottle gourd) is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook lauki ka halwa (bottle gourd) using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Lauki ka halwa (Bottle gourd):
  1. Make ready 1 grated bottlegourd ( about 2-2.5 cups
  2. Make ready 4 tbsp ghee
  3. Prepare 2 cups full fat milk, or 500 ml - milk should be boiled & cooled
  4. Get 2 tbspMilk cream optional
  5. Get 6-7 tbsp sugar or as per sweetness required
  6. Prepare 5-6 green cardamoms - powdered or ½ to 1tsp powder
  7. Get 3-4 tbs chopped nuts - almonds, cashews or pistachios
Steps to make Lauki ka halwa (Bottle gourd):
  1. Firstly rinse, peel and grate the lauki. Before grating taste the lauki. If it tastes sour or bitter then discard and do not cook it.
  2. Heat 4 tbsp ghee in a heavy pan or kadai on medium-low flame. Add the grated lauki. Mix grated lauki well with the ghee.On a low to medium-low flame begin to saute the lauki. Stir often when sauting lauki to make sure it doesn't stick to the pan bottom.
  3. Saute lauki till the moisture dries. Then add 2 cups full-fat milk. mix well and continue to cook on a low to medium-low flame till the milk comes to a boil. In between do stir at times. I have used homemade milk cream along with milk to add more richness to the taste.this is optional.
  4. Continue to cook till ¾ or 75% of the milk has reduced and absorbed.Add sugar cardamom powder and chopped nuts. Mix it well. you can even add 2 to 3 teaspoons of rose water or kewra water if you want at this step.
  5. Cook till the halwa mixture starts coming together and gradually thicken and you will see ghee being released from the sides. There should not be any liquid in the dudhi halwa.
  6. Once cooked Garnish with some chopped nuts and serve lauki halwa hot or warm.

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