LAUKI KI KHEER / BOTTLE GOURD PAYASAM

lauki ki kheer or bottle gourd payasam is a Indian desert which can be easily prepared at home. Tastes creamy and delicious with the chunks of bottle gourd. I don't know how others prepare this kheer,but we in our family makes lauki ki kheer in this way. So don't compare with other's recipes. I'm sure you will definitely gonna love this recipe.to make tasty lauki ki kheer I suggest you to choose tender bottle gourd.

I hope you will give this a try and let it cool completely.

Ingredients :

Chopped bottle gourd : 500 grams

milk : 1 litre to 1 1/2 litres

condensed milk : 200 grams

Sugar : 350 grams

cashew nuts : 20 to 25

Cardamom powder : 1 tea spoon

ghee : 2 table spoons

Method :

Take chopped bottle gourd pieces in a vessel, add water and cook until pieces gets soft.

Now mash them coarsely and make a coarse paste.

Now heat milk in a pan and stir continuously for 10 minutes.then add coarsely mashed bottle gourd and cook for 5 minutes by stirring continuously.

Now add condensed milk and sugar cook for 3 to 5 minutes by stirring continuously.then add cardamom powder and stir it.

Now heat ghee in a pan fry cashew nuts until they changes into golden color.

Now add this to kheer and serve.

Take chopped bottle gourd

Take this into a vessel, pour water

Cook until they turns soft

Mash them coarsely

Heat milk in a pan

Stir continuously for 10 minutes

Add mashed bottle gourd

Cook for 5 to 10 minutes

Add sugar

Add condensed milk

Cook for few minutes

Fry nuts in ghee and add to kheer

Add cardamom powder

Mix it well

Lauki ki kheer is ready!!!!!

Serve hot or chilled!!!!!

KHAMBATI HALWASAN RECIPE

Halwasan is an Gujarati sweet dish. This sweet is made with broken wheat ( daliya),milk, edible gum and ghee. Recently I came to know about this recipe and made this at home. It tastes really delicious. When I first tasted this dish it just melt in mouth and loved the aroma. My daughter's too loved this halwasan and finished the whole batch within minutes.

          this recipe calls for Brown sugar,if you don't find Brown sugar you can use caramelized  sugar. I too used caramelized sugar. It turned really yummy. You can cut them into pieces or you can just have it with a spoon.

I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

Ingredients :

Broken wheat/daliya : 1/2 cup/50 grams
Edible gum/gondh : 1/2 cup / 50 grams
full fat milk : 1 liter
Ghee : 1/2 cup
Nutmeg powder/jaayfel : 1/2 tea spoon
Cardamom powder : 1/2 tea spoon
chopped cashew nuts and almonds : 1/2 cup
Sugar /brown Sugar : 200 grams / 1 cup

Method :

First blend broken wheat in blender for few seconds

Now heat ghee in a pan add edible gum ans fry on medium heat then take them into a plate.

Now add blended broken wheat saute till it changes into golden color.

Now pour warm milk to pan stir continuously for few seconds then add fried edible gum stir continuously

Now add half of the chopped nuts then stir continuously

When it gets thick add Brown sugar, if you don't have Brown sugar caramelize sugar in another pan then add this to halwasan mixture.

Stir continuously till ghee leaves it sides.
finally add nutmeg powder and cardamom powder stir it and remove from fire.

Now take this mixture into greased plate and let it cool completely then cut into pieces or have it with a spoon.

Blend broken wheat for few seconds

Heat ghee fry edible gum on medium flame and take into a plate

Add blended broken wheat saute till it changes into golden color

Add milk

Cook for few minutes

Add fried edible gum

Stir continuously

When it becomes thick add half of the nuts

Caramelize sugar

Add to daliya mixture

Stir continuously till ghee leaves  it sides

Finally add nutmeg and cardamom powder

Stir till it becomes thick

Take this into greased plate

Sprinkle remaining nuts let it cool

Serve!!!!