Lauki halwa / Bottlegourd halwa / Sorakkai halwa

Lauki halwa

Bottlegourd, widely known as Lauki in Hindi and sorakkai in tamil. We can make plenty of dishes using bottlegourd. One of the hit recipes using bottlegourd is Bottlegourd biryani . Other than the usual curries with bottlegourd, wanted to try my hands on sweet. And it came out very well, and the taste was excellent. Try out this yummy dessert at your home and share your feedback in the comments section below.

Ingredients (serves 2)

Bottlegourd / lauki / sorakkai (shredded) - 1 1/2 cup    [ 1 cup size = 150 ml ]

milk - 1 cup

sugar - 1/2 cup

cashews - 10 -12 nos

elachi powder (cardamom powder) - a pinch

food color - a pinch (optional)

ghee - 4 tsp

Method:

• Heat ghee in a vessel and add cashews
  
• fry till the cashews become golden brown in color. once the color changed, take out the cashews from the ghee
• In the same ghee, add the shredded bottlegourd
  
• saute till the bottlegourd becomes transparent and then add milk
  
• cook till the milk thickens
  
• add sugar and mix well
  
• add food color if needed and then add elachi powder
  
• cook till ghee oozes out.
  
   
• switch off the flame and garnish it with fried cashews
• serve as a dessert. 

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