Bottle Gourd (Lauki) is not a very popular vegetable in our household. But my hubby likes to order it more than the required quantity. Not too sure why does it happen every time : to irritate me; or to give me hints I need to eat it to reduce weight; or challenging my culinary skills on what different things I can make with it!! So this time I’m sharing a simple desert (halwa) variation with Lauki & Milkmaid. It is very simple and does not require too much effort.
Ingredients:
- Bottle Gourd – 3 Cups grated
- Ghee – 1/4th cup
- Milk – 3/4 cup
- Sugar – 2-3 tbl sp
- Milk maid – 200 gm
- Nuts for garnishing
- Green color – 2-3 drops (optional)
Method :
- Take a non stick wok and saute the grated lauki for 2 mins.
- Add milk to the wok and let it boil till lauki cooks. It will take about 10min or so.
- Add sugar after some time and let it dissolve and then add ghee
- Add Milkmaid and roast the same for 10min. You can colour if u want at this stage or leave it. I have not added any colour in my dish.
- Roast till the ghee separates. It will take max 10 min or so
It is very yummy and when i first made it, I did not tell the kids that it is lauki and it was polished off. Try making for this Rakhi as a surprise.