Lauki Halwa / Bottlegourd Halwa

Ingredients :

2 cups bottlegourd grated
3/4 cup milk
3 tbsp ghee
Half cup sugar
1 tsp cardamom powder
Cashewnuts and almonds chopped

Method:

• Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a non stick pan. Add the grated bottlegourd and fry for 2 minutes.
• Add the milk and let the bottlegourd cook. This may take 15 minutes
• Now add the sugar. Keep cooking till it comes together as a mass.
• Meanwhile heat the remaining ghee in another pan and roast the dry fruits till golden brown.
• Add the dry fruits to the halwa and mix well.
• Add the cardamom powder too.
• Serve warm