Lauki ki Kheer Recipe | Vrat ka Khana
Lauki ki kheer is a light and easily digestible dessert and is good for fasting.
Ingredients
- 500 gms Bottle gourd
- 1 litre milk
- 2 tbsps Ghee
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp green cardamom
- Few Soaked Few soaked raisins
- 8 slivered almonds
Instructions
- Peel the bottle gourd, cut it into half, remove the seeds, wash and then grate. Squeeze to remove excess water.
- Heat the ghee in a kadhai, add the grated bottle gourd and cook for few minutes and keep aside.
- Bring milk to a boil, then simmer it. Add the milk to the fried lauki in the kadhai.
- Stir nicely and keep on simmer until the mixture is thick and the gourd is cooked.
- Add the sugar. Simmer again till sugar dissolves and kheer is thick. Add the green cardamom powder.
- Pour into individual serving bowls, garnish with browned soaked raisins and slivered almonds.
- You can serve Lauki ki kheer, hot or cold.
Notes
You can boil the gourd and add to the boiling milk to reduce the cooking time.
Add condensed milk for a creamier taste. You do not need to add sugar.
Add cashews or caramelized nuts according to your taste.
