I am a halwa buff. Carrot halwa, doodhi (bottle gourd) halwa, moong dal halwa...name it and i love it. However never attempted to make them myself. I have always liked it the way my mum made . Today i decided to try my hand at it.
So here's the doodhi halwa...which i managed to make in about 20 minutes. I took about 1/2 a doodhi (medium sized) to make a cup of halwa (since i was preparing it for the first time... decided to keep the portions small)
Ingredients:
Doodhi (Bottle gourd)
Ghee (Clarified butter) - 4 tsps
Milk - 1/4 litre
Sugar - 5 tsp (can vary as per your requirement)
Rose essence
Cashews
Remove seeds and grate doodhi. Melt ghee in a pan. Add the grated doodhi and saute till it turns translucent.
Add a little milk. Let it cook till the milk gets absorbed. Then add some more milk. Let it cook for some time again. Then add all the milk and let it cook till the entire mixture blends in a smooth consistency. (This process of adding milk little by little is to make it more creamy).
Then add sugar and cook for some more time till it blends into one smooth mixture. Top it off with a drop of rose essence and season it with chopped cashews fried in ghee.
I did not add any food colour though you can add some green food colouring to make it look authentic.
