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.