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

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.