Dudhi Ka Halwa

Dudhi Ka Halwa:

A traditional Indian dessert recipe of grated bottle gourd cooked with milk and cardamom. Great for those who have a sweet tooth but are conscious about their health as well.

Ingridients:

1.          3 to 3.5 cups grated bottle gourd or lauki or dudhi
2.          500 ml pre-boiled milk
3.          7 tbsp sugar 
4.          3-4 tbsp ghee/clarified butter
5.          4-5 cardamoms, powdered or crushed
6.          ½ cup chopped almonds and cashews

      

Direction:

1.          In a kadai or deep pan combine milk and grated lauki or bottle gourd
2.          Bring the whole mixture to a boil and then lower the flame
3.          Simmer the mixture on a low flame and keep on stirring in between
4.          The bottle gourd will cook in the milk and the milk will start to reduce and evaporate
5.          When the milk has 75% reduced, add crushed cardamom, chopped almonds and cashew nuts to the mixture
6.          Add ghee when the all the milk has evaporated.
7.          Mix the ghee with the rest of the mixture and cook for a minute
8.          Lastly add the sugar and mix it with the halwa
9.          The sugar will melt and the halwa will become a bit liquidy.
10.          Cook the lauki halwa for a few minutes, stirring continuously
11.          Serve hot or cold