Ingredients

Lauki (bottle gourd) 300 gms

Milk 500 ml

Sugar 20 gms

Khoya 5 gms

Kishmish 2 gms

Cashewnuts 2 gms

Saffron 5 strands

Desi ghee 5 gms

Cardamom powder 1 gm

Method

–              Remove the outer skin of bottle gourd (lauki) and grate it.

–              Squeeze to remove excess water.

–              Heat 3 grams of desi ghee in a handi.

–              Add the grated lauki and saute for few minutes till it starts to get translucent.

–              Now add milk and stir, till the milk boils and starts reducing.

–              Keep stirring as the lauki has to be mashed in the milk and the milk gets completely reduced, this might take 20-30 minutes.

–              Now add sugar and stir till the sugar dissolves completely.

–              Soak the saffron in luke warm water for 10 minutes and add to the halwa.

–              Heat the remaining desi ghee in a small pan and once it is heated, pour over the halwa , mix moderately so that the desi ghee flavor gets infused.

–              You can either fry the raisins and cashew nuts or soak them in luke warm water, once done add to the halwa.

–              Finish with cardamom powder.

–              Serve hot.