Bottlegourd burfi

Name: Bottlegourd burfi
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 5 to 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1kg Bottle gourd-; Grated bottle gourd -; 4 tbsp Ghee -; 1cup Milk -; 1 tbsp Malai-; 1/2 cup Milk powder -; 4 tbsp Desiccated coconut -; 1/2 cup Sugar -; 1/4 tbsp Cardamom powder -; Pinch green food colour (optional); As required Finely chopped Dry fruits

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Ingredients

30 to 45 min

5 to 6 servings

1kgBottle gourd-
Grated bottle gourd -
4 tbspGhee -
1cupMilk -
1 tbspMalai-
1/2 cupMilk powder -
4 tbspDesiccated coconut -
1/2 cupSugar -
1/4 tbspCardamom powder -
Pinchgreen food colour (optional)
As required Finely chopped Dry fruits

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Steps

30 to 45 min

1

Wash bottle gourd properly and peel it then remove the seeds of the bottle gourd and grate it.
2

Squeeze the bottle gourd and remove the excess of water from it.
3

Take a pan put it on low flame add 2 tbsp ghee in the pan and let the ghee become hot and then add the grated bottle gourd in the pan and saute it for 4 to 5 minutes in the ghee, later keep the lid on the pan and let it get cooked for more 3 to 4 minutes.
4

After 4 minutes open the lid and add 1 cup of milk and 1 tbsp malai in it and mix it well, now add ½ cup sugar and mix it well again and cover the pan with the lid till the milk get absorb but stir it in between so that the batter dosen't stick the pan.
5

As the milk get absorbed well, then add ½ cup milk powder in it and 4 tbsp desiccated coconut (optional) then add ¼tbsp cardamom powder mix the all ingredients well on the low flame.
6

Add two pinch green food color(optional) then add finely chopped dry fruits and mix it well.
7

When the burfi batter starts being non sticky to pan, your burfi batter is ready then add 1 tbsp ghee and mix it on low flame for 5 min.
8

Take a burfi tray and grease it with ghee, put the burfi batter in the tray and spread it properly and put the tray in freeze for 30 minutes for setting the burfi.
9

After 30 minutes remove the tray from freeze then cut the burfi and decorate it according to your choice and then serve the burfi.