Lauki Halwa (Bottle gourd Halwa)

Name: Lauki Halwa (Bottle gourd Halwa)
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3 person
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 750 gram grated bottle gourd / Lauki; 1/4 cup ghee; 8-10 chopped cashew nuts; 8-10 chopped almonds; 5-7 raisins; 1/4 tsp cardamom powder; 1/4 cup fresh milk malai / fresh milk cream; 1 cup hot milk; 1/2 cup sugar; Pinch green food colour; 1/2 tsp ghee; 👉🏻 For Garnishing :--; Roasted dry nuts as per required

Daxa Parmar @Daxa_2367

Vadodara, Gujarat, India

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Lauki Halwa is also known as Dudhi Halwa. Lauki halwa is a traditional Indian dessert made from bottled gourd, sugar, and milk. It is flavored with cardamom powder and garnished with chopped nuts like almonds, raisins, and cashews. It is rich, creamy, and easy to make at home. Lauki halwa is a classic dessert for any festival, but also high in nutrition and fiber and hence ideal for fasting. During the winters, it is best served warm.

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Daxa Parmar @Daxa_2367

Vadodara, Gujarat, India

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Ingredients

30 minutes

3 person

750 gramgrated bottle gourd / Lauki
1/4 cupghee
8-10chopped cashew nuts
8-10chopped almonds
5-7raisins
1/4 tspcardamom powder
1/4 cupfresh milk malai / fresh milk cream
1 cuphot milk
1/2 cupsugar
Pinchgreen food colour
1/2 tspghee
👉🏻 For Garnishing :--
Roasted dry nuts as per required

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Steps

30 minutes

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First upon peel and grate the lauki leaving behind the seeds. else dudhi halwa doesn’t taste good.
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Now heat ghee and roast cashew, almond and raisins, Roast the nuts to golden brown and keep aside.
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Now add in grated lauki and saute for 5 minutes. Saute till the lauki shrinks slightly and changes colour.
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Then add in fresh milk malai and hot milk and mix well. Cook for 10 minutes or till milk thickens and lauki gets cooked completely.
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Now reduce the gas flame and add sugar and crushed cardamom powder to it, add green food color to it and cook till the sugar melts and boil for 5 minutes or till it thickens.
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Now add roasted dry fruits to this and mix well. Then cook the halwa stirring constantly till the mixture leaves the pan. Now add 1/2 teaspoon of ghee on top and mix to make the texture of this halwa shining.
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Now our very Delicious and healthy Lauki Halwa is ready for serve. Garnish with roasted almond, cashew nuts and raisins.
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