Thursday 26 September 2013

DUDHI HALVA, BOTTLEGOURD HALVA, LAUKI KI HALVA


Lauki halva is made with  milk and sugar.  you can add sugar free for making it diet friendly.

The bottle gourd is low in fat and cholesterol yet high in dietary fibre. It contains 96% water and 100gm of it contains around 12 Kcal. It is rich in iron and also has vitamins C and B complex.  Its high water content makes it very cooling. The cooked Bottle Gourd is cooling, calming, diuretic and easy to digest. It is also effective against constipation and other digestive disorders.  It carries the potential to break the calculi (stones).  A glass of juice with lime juice consumed is quite beneficial.  





Let us have a look at the recipe now:

Ingredients:

1 cup dudhi  grated
1 cup  milk
10 tsp sugar free or 1/2 cup sugar
cardamom powder
1 tsp ghee


dry fruits for garnishing;


Method:

squeeze out the water from the dudhi if any,  keep aside.
Heat ghee in kadai.  Saute the dudhi for 5 minutes.
add the milk and boil till the milk is completely dried up.

add the sugarfree  or sugar and mix well.  wait till the moisture id dried up. add cardamom powder mix well.
transfer into a vessel, garnish with dry fruits.  serve hot or cold as you wish.

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