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# Lauki Ka Halwa Recipe
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| **Prep time** | 10 min |
| **Cook time** | 30 min |
| **Total time** | 40 min |
| **Serves** | 3 servings |
## Ingredients
* 600 grams lauki / bottle gourd / doodhi / ghiya
* ¼ cup ghee / clarified butter
* 5 cashew / kaju *(halved)*
* 5 badam / almond *(chopped)*
* 2 tbsp raisins / kishmish
* ½ cup milk
* ¾ cup sugar
### for khoya:
* 1 tsp ghee / clarified butter
* ¼ cup milk
* ½ cup milk powder *(full cream)*
* ¼ tsp cardamom powder
## Instructions
1. firstly, heat ¼ cup ghee and roast 5 cashew, 5 badam and 2 tbsp raisins.
2. roast the nuts to golden brown and keep aside.
3. now add in grated lauki and saute for 5 minutes.
4. saute till the lauki shrinks slightly and changes colour.
5. add in ½ cup milk and mix well.
6. cook for 10 minutes or till milk thickens and lauki gets cooked completely.
7. further add in ¾ cup sugar and mix well.
8. sugar melts and boil for 5 minutes or till it thickens.
9. add in khoya into lauki mixture and mix well.
10. keep stirring till the mixture thickens and forms a mass.
11. add in roasted nuts and ¼ tsp cardamom powder. mix well.
12. finally, transfer dudhi halwa / lauki halwa to a bowl and serve hot or chilled.
## Step-by-step
firstly, peel the skin of lauki and grate leaving behind the seed.
now in a large kadai heat ¼ cup **[ghee](/recipes/how-to-make-butter-recipe-ghee-recipe)** and roast 5 cashew, 5 badam and 2 tbsp raisins.
roast the nuts to golden brown and keep aside.
now add in grated lauki and saute for 5 minutes.
saute till the lauki shrinks slightly and changes colour.
add in ½ cup milk and mix well.
cook for 10 minutes or till milk thickens and lauki gets cooked completely.
further add in ¾ cup sugar and mix well.
sugar melts and boil for 5 minutes or till it thickens.
meanwhile prepare khoya by heating 1 tsp **[ghee](/recipes/how-to-make-butter-recipe-ghee-recipe)** and ¼ cup milk.
add in ½ cup milk powder and mix well.
break the lumps and mix till the mixture separates from the pan.
keep stirring till the mixture separates from the pan and instant khoya is ready.
add in prepared instant khoya into lauki mixture.
mix well breaking the khoya and combines well with lauki mixture.
keep stirring till the mixture thickens and forms a mass.
add in roasted nuts and ¼ tsp cardamom powder. mix well.
finally, transfer **dudhi halwa** / **lauki ka halwa** to a bowl and serve hot or chilled.
## Video
## Notes
* firstly, grate the lauki leaving behind the seeds. else dudhi halwa doesn’t taste good.
* also, to reduce the cooking time, add condensed milk instead of sugar.
* additionally, keep stirring lauki halwa and cook on le to medium flame else there are chances to burn from bottom.
* finally, **dudhi halwa** or **lauki ka halwa** taste great when prepared with [**ghee**](/recipes/how-to-make-butter-recipe-ghee-recipe)and served hot.
Original recipe by Hebbar's Kitchen: [https://hebbarskitchen.com/lauki-ka-halwa-recipe-dudhi-halwa/](https://hebbarskitchen.com/lauki-ka-halwa-recipe-dudhi-halwa/)
