Bottle Gourd Halwa

Ingredients :

Bottle Gourd Grated - 2 Cups
Milk - 2 Cups
Sugar - 3/4 Cup
Ghee - 1/2 Cup
Green Color Water - 1/2 tspn(Optional)
khoya - 1 Cup(Optional)
ilachi Powder - 1/2 tspn


Method :

• Heat 1/2 Cup of Ghee in a pan.When it gets heated add Cashews,Almonds & Raisns.
• After frying the Cashews/Almonds & Raisns take out few of them for garnishing.
• Put the grated Bottle Gourd in the pan and fry on a medium low heat till the raw smell of it goes.
• When Bottle Gourd is half fried and all the moisture is lost from it add 2 Cups of milk.
• Let it cook on a low heat till all the milk is evapourated.
• Add 1/2 tspn of Green Color Water in between and mix it well.
• Add 1/2 tspn of Ilachi Powder and stir it well.
• Keep stirring tha Halwa otherwise the milk at the bottom will be burnt.
• Once 3/4 milk is evapourated add kohya.Once Kohya is added it starts melting.
• Cook till all the Khoya is melted.
• Garnish it with Cashews,Almonds & Raisns.

Tasty Bottle Gourd Halwa is ready :-)))