Lauki Barfi

Name: Lauki Barfi
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 ml milk; 1/2 can condensed milk; 250 gms grated bottle gourd; 10-12 pistachhios; 1/2 tsp cardamom powder; 1 tbsp ghee; 2 drops green food color; 2 drops red food color; 2 drops orange food color

ayndrila dutta @titlis_homekitchen

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

#Holi2022
Holi 2022 is around the corner and make this holi colorful with this simple, easy to make and delicious barfi recipe made using bottle gourd, milk, sugar and khoya. For the flavoring cardamom powder is added. These sweets need less sugar and are unique too.

ayndrila dutta @titlis_homekitchen

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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Ingredients

2 hrs

6 people

500 mlmilk
1/2 cancondensed milk
250 gmsgrated bottle gourd
10-12pistachhios
1/2 tspcardamom powder
1 tbspghee
2 dropsgreen food color
2 dropsred food color
2 dropsorange food color

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Steps

2 hrs

1

Boil the milk in a deep bottom pan and reduce till thick. Add milkmaid and start boiling again
2

Make sure you peel and keep the lauki in chilled water and also grate it directly into chilled water. This way it won’t turn brown. Meanwhile soak the grated bottle gourd in water for 5 minutes. Now squeeze the water and gradually add the lauki (bottle gourd) and keep stirring.
3

Now add 150 gms khoya kheer and keep stirring the mixture. Cook them together on high heat till milk reduces to ¼th.
4

Add sugar to taste and cardamom powder. Keep cooking till all of the liquid is absorbed and the lauki comes together.
5

Now divide into three portions and mix food color. Lightly grease three glass container with the ghee on all sides. Remove the lauki barfi from the heat and pour into the mould. Spread and press it down together. Sprinkle with chopped pistachios. Let it cool completely and then refrigerate it for at least an hour. Cut it into squares, remove and serve it on to a platter.

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ayndrila dutta @titlis_homekitchen

on March 14, 2022 06:25

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

A research chemist by profession and love simplicity. My passion for cooking and art makes me explore new things and I love pursuing them. Being a chemist, it provokes me to do experiments in my kitchen too.Follow my insta handle @titlis_homekitchen