Dudhi Halwa

This is a delicious sweet dish made from dudhi (bottle gourd). It can be made fairly quickly for any special occasions.

Ingredients:

Dudhi Halwa

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 People

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 Cup Grated Dudhi
  • 1/2 Cup Milk
  • 1/2 Cup Sugar
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp Ghee
  • 1 Tsp Charoli
  • 10 Cashews
  • 5 Almonds
  • 1/4th Tsp Cardamom Powder
  • A Pinch Of Nutmeg Powder

Instructions
 

  • Soak the almonds and cashews in water for 1 hour.
  • Grate the dudhi.
  • In a pan heat ghee. Add the grated dudhi and saute it for a minute.
  • Add 1/2 cup of milk and cook the dudhi for about 10 minutes.
  • Add sugar and cook for 10 minutes.
  • In a blender make a puree of cashews and almonds (with little milk).
  • Add the above puree to halwa.
  • Add cardamom powder and nutmeg powder and charoli.

Notes

This recipe does not require store bought mava which is traditionally used. In-spite of that it tastes delicious and sumptuous. Eliminating mava also cuts down on the calorie content of this dish.
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