Firstly rinse peel and grate 2 cup lauki before grating taste the lauki if it tastes sour or bitter then discard and do not cook it.

You will need 2 cups tightly packed grated lauki.

Then making lauki halwa heat 4 tablespoon ghee in a kadai on medium-low to medium flame.use a large kadai so that milk does not splutter outside.

Add the grated lauki.

On a low to medium - low flame begin to saute the lauki. Stir often when sauteing lauki add milk now

Continue to cook on a low to medium flame till the milk comes boil in between do stir at times.

The milk will start boiling at this step be attentive and keep on stirring so that the milk does not spill from the pan

Add sugar and chopped nuts mix very well.

Stirring often cook till the lauki halwa mixture starts coming together and thickens.

The dudhi halwa will gradually thicken and you will see some ghee begin released from the sides there should not be any liquid in the dudhi halwa.

Then switch off the flame and add 1tablespoon raisins adding raisins is optional mix very well.

Garnish with some chopped nuts and serve lauki halwa hot or warm.