Lauki halwa | Suraikai halwa | Bottle gourd halwa | Dudhi halwa
Bottle gourd halwa isalso known as suraikai halwa, dudhi halwa, lauki halwa. It is an easy Indiansweet or Indian dessert recipe prepared using bottle gourd, milk, sugar, gheeand nuts.
Ingredients
- 2 cup Bottle gourd (grated)
- ΒΌ cup Ghee
- 1 cup Sugar
- 2 cup Milk (boiled)
- 1 tsp Cardamom powder
- 5 Cashew nut (chopped)
- 5 Almonds (chopped)
- Green color (optional)
Instructions
- Peel off the skin, remove seed part and finely grate bottle gourd.
- Heat 3 tbsp ghee in a pan.
- Add chopped cashew nut and badam fry well. Take it out and keep it aside.
- In a pan, add a grated bottle gourd and saute well.
- Add 2 cups milk and cook well until milk evaporates and bottle gourd cooked well.
- Once the bottle gourd cooked well, add sugar and color powder mix well.
- After a few minutes, the sugar dissolves and it turns a little watery.
- Stir well and cook this for a few minutes. After a few minutes, it starts to thicken.
- Add 1 tbsp ghee and cardamom powder cook for a few minutes.
- Add roasted cashew nuts into the halwa and mix well.
- Lauki ka halwa is ready to melt in the mouth.