Lauki ka halwa

Name: Lauki ka halwa
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 grams lauki / bottle gourd; 1/4 cup ghee / clarified butter 5 cashew / kaju (halved); 2 tbsp raisins / kishmish 1cup milk; 3/4 cup sugar; 1/4 tsp cardamom powder

Monika Jain @monika_jain

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It is a classic dessert for any festival, but also high in nutrition and fiber and hence ideal for fasting.

Monika Jain @monika_jain

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It is a classic dessert for any festival, but also high in nutrition and fiber and hence ideal for fasting.

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Ingredients

30 mins

2 servings

500 gramslauki / bottle gourd
1/4 cupghee / clarified butter 5 cashew / kaju (halved)
2 tbspraisins / kishmish 1cup milk
3/4 cupsugar
1/4 tspcardamom powder

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Steps

30 mins

1

Firstly, heat ¼ cup ghee and roast 5 cashew, 5 badam and 2 tbsp raisins.roast the nuts to golden brown and keep aside.
2

Now add in grated lauki and saute for 5 minutes.
saute till the lauki shrinks slightly and changes colour.
3

Add in 1 cup milk and mix well.
cook for 10 minutes or till milk thickens and lauki gets cooked completely.
4

Add in ½ cup milk and mix well.
cook for 10 minutes or till milk thickens and lauki gets cooked completely.
5

Add in roasted nuts and ¼ tsp cardamom powder. mix well.
6

Finally, transfer dudhi halwa / lauki halwa to a bowl and serve hot or chilled.