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 mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Servings: 4 People

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients Method Notes

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

Method

 

1. Soak the almonds and cashews in water for 1 hour.
2. Grate the dudhi.
3. In a pan heat ghee. Add the grated dudhi and saute it for a minute.
4. Add 1/2 cup of milk and cook the dudhi for about 10 minutes.
   
5. Add sugar and cook for 10 minutes.
   
6. In a blender make a puree of cashews and almonds (with little milk).
   
7. Add the above puree to halwa.
   
8. 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.