Sanoli's Kitchen: LAUKI / DUDHI HALWA (BOTTLE GOURD DESSERT)

Saturday, January 11, 2014

LAUKI / DUDHI HALWA (BOTTLE GOURD DESSERT)

Bottle gourd / lauki / dudhi halwa is a very popular dessert made by grated bottle gourd, mawa, sugar and clarified butter (ghee). Bottle gourd is a light vegetable with mild flavour, so many kids or adults are not much fond of eating bottle gourd, but trust me they will surely love this yummy dessert. When I saw this recipe on Homely Food, could not resist myself to prepare this toothsome sweet which I inherited  from my Mom, it is made in our house at the time of Durga puja or Lakshmi puja. As I saw, how she cooked this dessert in a fast way, I tried to follow her. Hope you will enjoy this traditional Halwa.

INGREDIENTS:
3 Cups Grated Bottle Gourd
4 Strands of Saffron Soaked in 3 tbsps Warm Milk
2 tbsps Clarified Butter (ghee)
Sugar 5-6 tbsps (as per taste)
1/3 Cup Grated Mawa (khoya)
1/4 tsp Coarsely Pounded Green Cardamom
5 Cashewnuts (chopped)
5 Almonds (chopped)
5 Pistachio (chopped)
1 tbsp Raisins
1 tsp Poppy Seeds/khus khus (optional)

METHOD:
Heat clarified butter in a wok or pan. Add grated bottle gourd in it. Saute for 2 minutes. Don't get bottle gourd brown.


Add saffron milk in it, mix nicely. As bottle gourd leaves lots of water, so cook on high flame. Stir continuously for 2 minutes. (Alternatively may use condensed milk too)


Add coarsely pounded cardamom powder in it. Stir for another 5 minutes till the excess water from bottle gourd evaporates.

Now add chopped nuts and raisins in it. Fold nicely.


Pour sugar and mawa in it. Mix well. Stir continuously for another 3 minutes on high.

Once the water evaporates completely, add khus khus, stir nicely and turn off the heat now. Take it out in a serving bowl. Garnish with cashew, almonds and pistachio. Serve hot.
Linking to:  Chandrani's Holiday Recipes

23 comments:

  1. kya baat hai then this is awesome

    i hv not yet used mawa in any of my sweet dishes but wow the look u hv got is truly amazing

    thanks for link up

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  2. Rich and delicious dessert. Love this halwa.. Yum!

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  3. halwa looks so yummy, feel like having it right now..
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  4. Delicious Dudhi halwa.. we don't get dudhi here.. so I can't try it until I am bback in India..

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  5. Delicious halwa,Sanoli! :)
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  6. this recipe is making me so nostalgic. they used to serve us lauki halwa in our Allahabad hostel and it was such a treat !

    of course with all the added nuts and home flavors your lauki halwa looks even more delicious !

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  7. one of my most fav sweets. Looks so good! Please pass it on....

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  8. Ohh ... never thought that swwt can be made with bottle gourd

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  9. very interesting halwa I am loving the lauki combo very different fr me.THANKS FOR SHARING sonali ji.

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  10. I so love this Sanoli... you made me realise I havent had it for nmonths, on top of my weekend list now :)

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  11. Looks absolutely delish! Drooling over here! :)

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  12. I love this halwa very much. Missed u at my space.

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  13. love this ...me too have in draft to post ...very tempting

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  14. Never tried making dudhi halwa , sounds delicious

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  15. what a sinful dessert. Simply irresistible.

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  16. something new to try...yummy one...

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  17. Mouth watering halwa! Love ur recipe. First time at ur place & nice recipe collection u have

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  18. Yum and new dessert Didi... nice nice...thanks for participating on our sys-w series...

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  19. wow only 2 tbsps. of ghee!!! that is so much low compared to the other halwa!!! this one looks delicious... Thanks for sending this yummy recipe to my event.. Looking for more yummy recipes...

    Sowmya
    Event - Authentic Indian Sweets w giveaway
    Event - Kid's delight - Sweet Treats

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