Lauki Halwa | Lauki Sheera | Lauki Ka Halwa | Lauki Ka Sheera

Lauki Halwa | Lauki Sheera | Lauki Ka Halwa | Lauki Ka Sheera |

Course Dessert

Cuisine Indian

Wash and peal the bottle guard.
Chop off both the edges and cut it into two parts.
Now take a grater and grate from the bigger end of it.
In a large pan add in ghee and spread it throughout properly.
Add crushed small cardamom, add grated bottle gourd, mix it well and cook on high flame for 7-8 minutes while stirring it continuously.
After 8 minutes spread the Lauki on pan and add malai to it, give it a good mix.
Now add in milk, mix it well and reduce the heat to lowest flame.
Cover and let it cook for 20 minutes while stirring in between.
After 20 minutes add sugar, mix well and cook on high flame for 1 minute till sugar dissolves.
Once sugar is melted reduce the flame, cover and cook for 20 minutes again while stirring in between.
After 20 minutes remove the lid and increase the flame to high.
Cook halwa on high and add cardamom powder.
Cook till halwa releases ghee and turn golden pink.
Garnish with fried chopped nuts and mix well.

Shilpi’s Quick Tricks

Lauki

Make sure that you just grate the sides and don’t great the area with seeds.
Bottle gourd gets oxidized fast so keep grating and adding it to the pan side by side.
Use fresh Lauki for faster cooking and better taste.

Recipe

Make sure that you don’t wash the grated bottle gourd or else halwa will taste watery.
Make sure that you cook Lauki properly or when you add milk the mix will get curdled.
You can also use condensed milk at the time of adding malai if you want and if you are using condensed milk then reduce the quantity of sugar.

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