Doodhi ka Halwa

Name: Doodhi ka Halwa
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: Makes 1 bowl
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups peeled & thickly grated doodhi (bottle gourd); 2 tbsp ghee; 1 cup skimmed milk; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 tbsp charoli; 2 tbsp almond powder; 1/2 cup mawa (khoya); 1/2 tsp cardamom powder

Bina Samir Telivala @Bina_Samir

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A Punjabi / Gujarati Sweet that everyone has a reason to like -- some for its taste, some for the benefits of doodhi & milk & some for the warm feeling that it instills on a rainy day .
I have used skimmed milk here as it is better to go for lower fat milk as too much saturated fats on the body increases the risk of high cholesterol .

Skimmed millk is good for standing tall & healthy as the Calcium & fortified Vitamin D in it helps in keeping healthy bones , healthy heart ❤️, helps in regulating blood sugar .
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Bina Samir Telivala @Bina_Samir

Skimmed millk is good for standing tall & healthy as the Calcium & fortified Vitamin D in it helps in keeping healthy bones , healthy heart ❤️, helps in regulating blood sugar .
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Ingredients

30 minutes

Makes 1 bowl

2 cupspeeled & thickly grated doodhi (bottle gourd)
2 tbspghee
1 cupskimmed milk
1/2 cupsugar
1 tbspcharoli
2 tbspalmond powder
1/2 cupmawa (khoya)
1/2 tspcardamom powder

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Fill a pan with water. Heat the water. When the water becomes hot, add grated doodhi. Cook the doodhi in boiling water till soft. Drain. Keep aside.
2

Take 1 tbsp ghee in a pan. When ghee becomes a little warm, add charoli & saute for a few seconds. Remove in a plate. Keep aside.
3

In the same pan add rest of the ghee. Add grated doodhi & saute well for 5 minutes.
4

Add milk & sugar & cook approx. for 15 minutes or till the milk evaporates.
5

Add mawa (khoya) & fried nuts, & cook for 3 - 4 minutes on a medium flame 🔥 while stirring occasionally. Add almond & cardamom powders. Mix
6

Remove in a bowl & serve doodhi halwa warm or chilled.
7

Serving options : You can either serve it in a bowl & help yourselves from it like the Punjabis do.
OR
Cut into pieces & serve with a full meal as the Gujaratis do.