A perfect Halwai Style Lauki Ka halwa recipe to start the new year. #HappyCookingToYou #FoodFusion #Desserts #DesiFood
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Lauki ka Halwa
Serves 15-18
Recipe in English
Ingredients:
-Lauki (Bottle gourd) 2 & ½ kg
-Doodh (Milk) 1 liter
-Green food color 1 tsp or as required (optional)
-Elaichi powder (Cardamom powder) ½ tsp
-Sugar 1 & ½ Cup or to taste
-Desi ghee 1 & ½ Cup or as required
-Badam (Almonds) blanched & sliced 3 tbs
-Pista (Pistachios) sliced 3 tbs
-Kishmish (Raisins) 3 tbs
-Desi Ghee 1 tsp
-Khoya 500g
-Chandi warq (Edible silver leaf)
-Tutti Frutti
-Pista (Pistachios) sliced
-Badam (Almonds) sliced
Directions:
-Peel bottle gourd & remove its seeds, grate them in longer strands in a bowl and set aside (approx. 2 & ½ kg).
-In a wok add grated bottle gourd & cook on low to medium flame until bottle gourds release water & then completely dried (approx. 25-30 minutes).
-Add milk, mix well & bring it to boil, then cook on medium flame for 12-15 minutes.
-Add green food color, mix well & cook until milk is reduced.
-Add cardamom powder, sugar, mix well & cook until sugar is melted. Cook on medium flame until it dries up (12-15 minutes).
-In a frying pan add ghee & let it melt.
-Add almonds, pistachios, raisins, mix well & fry until light golden.
-Add fried nuts along with ghee in lauki ka halwa, mix well & cook on medium flame for 15-20 minutes or until ghee separates.
-You can add khoya at this point & mix well or layer it as shown in describe in next step, then set aside.
-In a frying pan add ghee & let it melt.
-Add khoya, mix well & cook on low flame until it melts (approx. 2-3 minutes) then set aside.
-In a serving dish add lauki halwa & spread evenly.
-Add melted khoya on top & spread even layer.
-Garnish it with edible silver leaf, tutti frutti & pistachios, serve!
Recipe in Urdu
Ajza:
-Lauki (Bottle gourd) 2 & ½ kg
-Doodh (Milk) 1 liter
-Green food color 1 tsp or as required (optional)
-Elaichi powder (Cardamom powder) ½ tsp
-Sugar 1 & ½ Cup or to taste
-Desi ghee 1 & ½ Cup or as required
-Badam (Almonds) blanched & sliced 3 tbs
-Pista (Pistachios) sliced 3 tbs
-Kishmish (Raisins) 3 tbs
-Desi Ghee 1 tsp
-Khoya 500g
-Chandi warq (Edible silver leaf)
-Tutti Frutti
-Pista (Pistachios) sliced
-Badam (Almonds) sliced
Tarkeeb:
-Lauki ko cheel kar darmian se seeds nikal den or bowl may lambay strands may grate kar len (approx. 2 & ½ kg).
-Aik wok may grate ki hui lauki daal kar darmiani anch par itna pakayen k lauki pan ichor day or phir pani khushk hojaye (approx. 25-30 minutes).
-Doodh daal kara chi tarah mix karen or ubal anay den, phir darmiani anch par 12-15 minutes tak pakayen.
Green food color daal kar itna pakayen k doodh khush hojaye.
-Elaichi powder or cheeni daal kar mix karen or darmiani anch par 12-15 minutes tak it pakayen k cheeni paghal jaye or dry hojaye.
-Aik frying pan may ghee daal kar garam karlen.
-Badam, pista or kishmish daal kar light golden honay tak fry karlen.
-Ab fry kiye huye nuts lauki k halwa may daal kara chi tarha milayen or darmiani anch par 15-20 minutes taky a phir itna pakayen k ghee alag hojaye.
-Is point pe khoya daal kara chi tarah mila len ya phir jaise agay describe kia hai is tarah layer karlen.
-Aik frying pan may ghee garam karen.
-Khoya daal kar halki anch par itna pakayen k khoya pighal kar naram hojaye.
-Serving dish may lauki ka halwa nikal kar phela len.
-Ab is par naram kia hua khoya daal kar phela len. Chandi ka warq, tutti frutti or pista se garnish kar k serve karen!
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