5 Saawan festive recipes
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 19-07-2016
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Lauki ka Halwa
Sweet indian dessert made from bottle gourd. bottle gourd is known as lauki in hindi and dudhi in marathi.
Ingredients
Gourd (lauki) - 1 kg, Sugar - 300 gms, Mawa - 200 gms, Desi ghee - 50 gms. (2 table spoon), Raisins - 25-30 gms. (break the stems and wash), Cashews - 25-30 (cut each into 4 parts), Cardamom - 8-10 (peel and beat it)
How to make
Wash, peel and grate the gourd. Grate the gourd from all the four corners leaving the center part consisting of seeds. You can grate it in a food processor also. Put the grated gourd into the pan. Add sugar and stir it continuously. On boiling the gourd will start leaving a certain amount of water in the pan. Stir it after every 5 minutes and cook till the water gets totally evaporated.
Once the water evaporates completely, add ghee and cook it for 6-7 minutes. After that add mawa, cashews, and raisins into the halwa and stir it. Cook it for another 5-6 minutes. Gourd Halwa is ready. Turn off the flame and mix cardamom to it. Take it out in a serving dish. Garnish with cashews and serve it hot.