Lauki halwa | Suraikai halwa | Bottle gourd halwa | Dudhi halwa recipe
Lauki halwa | Suraikai halwa | Bottle gourd halwa | Dudhi halwa recipe with detailed step by step instructions with pictures and video recipe below.
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What is Suraikai halwa | Bottle gourd halwa
Bottle gourd halwa is also known as suraikai halwa, dudhi halwa, lauki halwa. It is an easy Indian sweet or Indian dessert recipe prepared using bottle gourd, milk, sugar, ghee and nuts. Normally we make halwa with flour like corn flour, wheat flour, all-purpose flour, etc. Not only flour we also make halwa with veggies like carrot, beetroot, ash gourd, yellow pumpkin, potato, etc. and fruits like pineapple, banana, apple, etc. From this, lauki ka halwa / doodhi halwa is one of the vegetable sweets. You can also check other halwa recipes like
Bottle gourd is also called lauki, suraikai, sorakai, dudhi, sorakaya. For this halwa recipe, we can grate bottle gourd and saute in ghee and cook it in milk. All the milk absorbs and gives a nice flavor and taste. Add sugar according to the sweetness we want. Finally, add chopped nuts and cardamom for a nice aroma. This halwa is prepared in a few minutes and is a quick and easy dessert recipe. You can also check other dessert recipes like
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Recipe card for Bottle gourd halwa
Lauki halwa | Suraikai halwa | Bottle gourd halwa | Dudhi halwa
Ingredients
- 2 cup Bottle gourd (grated)
- ¼ cup Ghee
- 1 cup Sugar
- 2 cup Milk (boiled)
- 1 tsp Cardamom powder
- 5 Cashew nut (chopped)
- 5 Almonds (chopped)
- Green color (optional)
Instructions
- Peel off the skin, remove seed part and finely grate bottle gourd.
- Heat 3 tbsp ghee in a pan.
- Add chopped cashew nut and badam fry well. Take it out and keep it aside.
- In a pan, add a grated bottle gourd and saute well.
- Add 2 cups milk and cook well until milk evaporates and bottle gourd cooked well.
- Once the bottle gourd cooked well, add sugar and color powder mix well.
- After a few minutes, the sugar dissolves and it turns a little watery.
- Stir well and cook this for a few minutes. After a few minutes, it starts to thicken.
- Add 1 tbsp ghee and cardamom powder cook for a few minutes.
- Add roasted cashew nuts into the halwa and mix well.
- Lauki ka halwa is ready to melt in the mouth.
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Lauki halwa | Suraikai halwa | Bottle gourd halwa | Dudhi halwa recipe with step by step pictures:
1.Peel off the skin, remove seed part and finely grate bottle gourd.
2.Heat 3 tbsp ghee in a pan.
3.Add chopped cashew nut and badam fry well. Take it out and keep it aside.
4.In a pan, add a grated bottle gourd and saute well.
5.Add 2 cups milk and cook well until milk evaporates and bottle gourd cooked well.
6.Once the bottle gourd cooked well, add sugar and color powder mix well.
7.After a few minutes, the sugar dissolves and it turns a little watery.
8.Stir well and cook this for a few minutes. After a few minutes, it starts to thicken.
9.Add 1 tbsp ghee and cardamom powder cook for a few minutes.
10.Add roasted cashew nuts into the halwa and mix well.
11.Lauki ka halwa is ready to melt in the mouth.
Keywords to understand
Ingredients Other Words
| Bottle gourd | Suraikkai, lauki, sorakai, dudhi, sorakaya |
| Ghee | Ney |
| Sugar | Carkkarai, cheenee |
| Milk | Pal, doodh |
| Cardamom | Elakkay, ilaayachee |
| Cashewnut | Muntiripparuppu, kaajoo |
| Almond | Badam |
Note
1.You can increase or decrease the quantity of sugar as per your taste.
2.Color is optional, you can skip it.
3.Finely grate bottle gourd using a grater.
4.Press and measure 2 cups of grated bottle gourd.
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