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I am one of those criminal people who live to eat. And so, I
have made it a point to learn to cook all the things that I like. Whenever I am
home, there are lists on the agenda as to how the food cravings are going to
unfold on a daily basis. Mostly around dinnertime, after a raunchy and munchy
spiceful dinner, there comes always the need of a good desert. Be it to change
the taste from spicy to sweet so as to welcome sweet dreams towards the end of
the day or to help soothe the tongue to milder tones. And for that purpose,
there are two go-to dishes that we resort to- Gajar ka halwa and Lauki ka
halwa. Now, I am going to share the recipe of Lauki Halwa here because Gajar
Halwa is too mainstream because it’s cheaper this time of the year. Also, I am
going to make the Halwa not using sugar but Sugar Free Natura. So this one is
going to be a good one for anyone who avoids sugar due to their reasons.
Here is the recipe. Feel free to cook your own and share the
feedback in the comments section-
Ingredients-
We are going to need-
One gourd ( lauki) : 0.75 kg [Preferably the one that is not
round but long for the purpose of better grating]
Pure Ghee
Khoya/Cream : 100 grams
Almonds and Resins
Sugar Free Natura
Here are the simple steps you would need to follow-
Cut the gourd into two halves if it is the long gourd and into four for the round one.
Next, grate the gourd on a grater and collect the grated gourd into a plate. Take care that the grated gourd isn’t allowed to stand for too long or else it turns yellowish and doesn’t remain fresh enough.
Cut the gourd into two halves if it is the long gourd and into four for the round one.
Next, grate the gourd on a grater and collect the grated gourd into a plate. Take care that the grated gourd isn’t allowed to stand for too long or else it turns yellowish and doesn’t remain fresh enough.
Take some ghee in a wok and allow it to heat. Transfer the grated contents of the plate into the wok. Let the contents heat for some time and keep mixing for a minute to soak the ghee into the gourd. After mixing, put a lid on the contents and allow them get cooked at medium heat.
Wait for about 15 minutes for the gourd to cook enough and concentrate.
Unlid the contents and then cook them at full heat. Make sure
that no water of the gourd is left and the contents get well concentrated.
Add four small spoons of Sugar Free Natura to the contents. Although
the sweetness required may vary as per taste but for the quantity as mentioned
here, four small spoons are optimum.
Again mix the contents with the Sugar Free Powder. Again
cook for a few minutes to dry off any moisture that would have come up.
Next, add the khoya/cream into the contents and mix them. Cook
for a few minutes again.
After this, add a little ghee into the center of the wok
after emptying the contents there. Then fry the dry fruits in the ghee.
Just after frying, mix the dry fruits with the rest of the
contents.
Serve into a glass dish and nosh upon it after the dinner
and Yes, Have a cheerful meal.
