Sorakaya Halwa | Bottlegourd Halwa | Lauki ka Halwa

Sorakaya Halwa | Bottlegourd Halwa | Lauki ka Halwa is a sweet indian dessert made from bottle gourd and milk as a main ingredient.Got Bored of doing same gravies using bottle gourd,then do try this juicy sweet dessert,its perfect for the person who hate bottle gourd too,as its very difficult to find that its has bottle gourd in it. Here is the Recipe From Dhivis Pantry-Surakai Halwa | Lauki Halwa.Do try and share your comments as well as recipe pics...  Check out my other Halwa Recipes:

1.Banana Halwa

Dudhi Halwa | Sorakaya Halwa

Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Sweets
Preparation Time:25 mins | Serves: 3-4

Ingredients

Bottle Gourd | Sorakai-2 Cups

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Milk-2 Cups

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Sugar- 3/4 cup

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Chopped nuts- 2 tbsp

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Raisin | Dry grapess- 1 tbsp

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Ghee- 3 or 4 tbsp

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Elachi powder-1 tsp

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Green food color-a pinch(op)

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Method:

1. Peel the outer skin of bottle gourd and grate it.
2. No need to boil milk ,use it directly from the packet .

3. In a hot pan add ghee ,in that fry cashew and raisins till cashew turn goldon or till raisins puffed.
4. Now add in grated Bottle gourd and cook till all the water/moisture evapourates.

5. Now add the milk ,green food color and cook till moisture evaporates.(After adding milk it will curdled as show in pic ,so dont wry abt it)

6. Once all the moisture evaporates ,add the sugar and cook till it start leaving the pan ( if you want juicy halwa like me stop here it self).
7. Cook for few more mins till u get halwa consistency ,i mean the halwa should not stick to the pan.
8. Yummy halwa is ready.. I always serve halwa with Vanila icecream...Do try this once....

Notes:

• If you want you can add Khoya to increase the richness..
• I have used oly 1 cup Milk here.
• Usually i use less sugar for deserts .so increase sugar as per your taste.
• If you are a first timer,do try halwa's in non stick pan.
• Adding Green color is optional,just for the sake of photograph i have used it.

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