Doodhi ka Halwa (Bottle Gourd Halwa)

- Submitted by Dahlia

(Surakkai Halwa, Bottlegourd Pudding, Pumpkin Halwa)

Recipe For Doodhi Ka Halwa

Ingredients

• Bottle gourd (grated) - 2 cups
• Milk - 2 cups
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Ghee - 3 tbsp
• Cardamom powder - a pinch
• Nuts and raisins - as needed
• Green food color (optional) - few drops

Method

1. Take a firm fresh bottle gourd and peel the skin.
2. Cut it in half vertically and scoop out all the seeds and membranes. Grate the flesh.
3. Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in a heavy bottomed pan and fry the nuts and raisins. Remove and keep aside.
4. In the same ghee add the grated bottle gourd and fry for a minute or two.
5. Add the milk and cook till the milk is completely absorbed. This may take about 15minutes. (Note: You may speed up the process by using 1 can of sweetened condensed milk instead of the milk and sugar.)
6. Add the sugar and food color. Cook for few minutes stirring often.
7. Next add the remaining ghee and cardamom powder. Cook till the halwa is thickened and becomes glossy. You can make the halwa as thick or as gooey as you want.
8. Garnish with fried nut and dry fruits. Serve warm or chilled as such or with vanilla ice cream.

Variations

• This halwa is very similar to the famous carrot halwa. The other halwas that you can make with the same recipe are butternut squash halwa, pumpkin halwa and beetroot halwa.

Doodhi halwa without food color

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