Sweet, inviting, and made for sharing, lauki ka halwa recipe | dudhi halwa recipe | loki ka halwa recipe is a vegetarian Indian dessert made with lauki / bottle gourd / doodhi / ghiya, ghee / clarified butter, and cashew / kaju in about 40 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 3 Servings
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 600 grams lauki / bottle gourd / doodhi / ghiya
- ¼ cup ghee / clarified butter
- 5 cashew / kaju (halved)
- 5 badam / almond (chopped)
- 2 tbsp raisins / kishmish
- ½ cup milk
- ¾ cup sugar
for khoya:
- 1 tsp ghee / clarified butter
- ¼ cup milk
- ½ cup milk powder (full cream)
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
Method
- firstly, heat ¼ cup ghee and roast 5 cashew, 5 badam and 2 tbsp raisins.
- roast the nuts to golden brown and keep aside.
- now add in grated lauki and saute for 5 minutes.
- saute till the lauki shrinks slightly and changes colour.
- add in ½ cup milk and mix well.
- cook for 10 minutes or till milk thickens and lauki gets cooked completely.
- further add in ¾ cup sugar and mix well.
- sugar melts and boil for 5 minutes or till it thickens.
- add in khoya into lauki mixture and mix well.
- keep stirring till the mixture thickens and forms a mass.
- add in roasted nuts and ¼ tsp cardamom powder. mix well.
- finally, transfer dudhi halwa / lauki halwa to a bowl and serve hot or chilled.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
