Monday, 17 March 2014

BOTTLE GOURD HALWA/LAUKI KA HALWA/GARDUDDE HALWA !!!!!!!


Gardudde halwa is most delicious halwa of konkani cuisine. It is a must dessert in amchi functions & healthy too. Bottle gourd is commonly grown vegetable in India. You can add sugar too instead of jaggery but adding jaggery makes halwa more healthy. So, i added jaggery according to my MILs instruction which made halwa even more tasty.





INGREDIENTS :-
   
bottle gourd  - 1  
jaggery - 6 tbsp
water - 2-3 tsp
ghee - 2tsp
cardamom pow - 1/2 tsp
cashew nuts - 2 tbsp         
  

     

METHOD :-

1. Deskin the lauki & cut it into 6 parts & take the seeds out.



2. Grate it.

3. Add this in a kadai & add 2-3tsp of water too & cook till all the water dries up on a low flame.



4. Now add jaggery & cook further for some more time.



5. Now add cardamom pow , broken cashew nuts & ghee & mix well & cook further till halwa comes in the centre of kadai.



6. Bottle gourd halwa is redy to serve now.


7. Serve it hot with ice cream or chilled depending on your taste.







HAPPY COOKING :)))))))

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