Lauki Halwa (Doodhi Halwa )
If you have about 1 hour and 25 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Lauki Halwa (Doodhi Halwa ) might be an excellent gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian recipe to try. This side dish has 366 calories, 6g of protein, and 18g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4 and costs 61 cents per serving. Head to the store and pick up milk, ghee, cardamom powder, and a few other things to make it today. 19 people found this recipe to be yummy and satisfying. It is brought to you by Spice Up the Curry. With a spoonacular score of 28%, this dish is rather bad. Similar recipes are lauki halwan or dudhi halwa, how to make lauki halwa, kaddu ka halwan or pumpkin halwa | fasting halwa, and suji halwa , how to make saffron suji halwa | sooji ka halwa.
Servings: 4
Preparation duration: 10 minutes
Cooking duration: 75 minutes
Ingredients:
• Almonds – 7, sliced
• Doodhi or Lauki or Bottle gourd – 3 cups **Notes
• Cardamom powder – ½ teaspoon
• Green food color – few drops **Notes
Green food color – Green food color is optional. If adding, add very few drops for natural looking halwa.
• Ghee (clarified butter) – 3 tablespoons
• Warm Milk – 3 cups **Notes
• Sugar – ¾ cup
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Equipment:
frying pan
Cooking instruction summary:
Shred the bottle gourd using big shredder. Then measure loosely packed 3 cups.Heat the ghee in a pan on medium heat. Once hot add shredded lauki.Sauté it for 10-12 minutes or till all the water from doodhi evaporates and doodhi become tender. Stir in between.Then add warm milk.Add cardamom powder and few drops or green food color.Mix well and let it come to a boil.After that cook it for about 45 minutes or all the milk is absorbed and halwa become dry.Then add sugar.Mix well.And let it cook for 10-12 minutes or till mixture becomes dry.Add sliced almonds. Save few for garnishing. Mix well.Serve hot or cold.
Step by step:
1. Shred the bottle gourd using big shredder. Then measure loosely packed 3 cups.
2. Heat the ghee in a pan on medium heat. Once hot add shredded lauki.Sauté it for 10-12 minutes or till all the water from doodhi evaporates and doodhi become tender. Stir in between.Then add warm milk.
3. Add cardamom powder and few drops or green food color.
4. Mix well and let it come to a boil.After that cook it for about 45 minutes or all the milk is absorbed and halwa become dry.Then add sugar.
5. Mix well.And let it cook for 10-12 minutes or till mixture becomes dry.
6. Add sliced almonds. Save few for garnishing.
7. Mix well.
8. Serve hot or cold.
Nutrition Information:
covered percent of daily need
