Bottlegourd halwa is made with grated bottlegourd (lauki, doodhi,
ghiya, sorakaya) and milk and makes a healthy dessert. This is an easy
recipe. Although it takes a while to make this dessert, it's worth it.
This is a different way to use this vegetable. As the cooked
bottlegourd is slightly sweet, it's well-suited for desserts.
Bottlegourd can help ease indigestion.
Servings: 6-8 Cooking Time: 45-60
minutes
Ingredients
6 cups grated bottlegourd
(1 medium bottlegourd)
3 cups milk (whole milk or low-fat)
7-8 tsp vegetable oil or ghee (clarified butter)
1 1/4 cups sugar
4-5 drops rose water or 1 tsp green cardamom powder
almonds slivered, a few
raisins, a few
cashew nuts, a few
Preparation
Peel the bottlegourd and and grate it. In a blender,
pulse 3 cups of the grated bottlegourd into a coarse paste, and combine
with the remaining grated gourd.
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