easy lauki ka halwa recipe | dudhi halwa recipe | loki ka halwa recipe
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.