Showing posts with label Indian festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indian festival. Show all posts

Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Lauki Halwa for Navratri fasting.

Lauki halwa is an Indian sweet dessert made from bottle gourd.

Ingredients:
- 3 cups grated lauki
- 500ml milk boiled
- 8tbs sugar 
- 3tbs ghee
- 5 cardamoms crushed
- 1/2 cup cashews



Preparation:
- In a deep pan mix the grated lauki and milk to boil together with a low flame.
- Keep on stirring
- Lauki will complete tempered and the milk will be reduced and evaporate.
- When the milk will reduce mix the crushed cardamoms and cashews nuts to the mixture.
- Add the ghee when all milks reduced from the mixture.
- Lastly add sugar and mix it with the halwa.
- Boil the halwa for few minutes, keep stiring the halwa.
- When the halwa become thicker switch off the flame.
- Serve the lauki halwa
- Serve it with hot or cold.
Perfect to eat in Navratri fasting.