Lauki ki Barfi Recipe - Dudhi Barfi Recipe (sweet Dish)
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Ingredients
  • Lauki / Bottle Gourd - 2
  • Milk - 1 ½ ltr (preferably full cream)
  • Sugar - 1 cup or to taste.
  • Cardamom powder / Elaichi Powder - ½ tsp
  • Almonds - 2 tbsp, chopped
  • Ghee or oil - for greasing
Instructions
  1. Grate lauki using a hand grater and transfer it to a bowl full of water. This is done so that lauki does not turn black.
  2. In a pan, heat milk. Squeeze grated lauki and transfer it to the pan.
  3. Mix well and cook it on high flame till the milk boils. After one boil lower the flame. Stir occasionally.
  4. Keep on stirring as the reducing of milk will take time.
  5. Once you feel like the mixture is semi solid, add sugar and cardamom powder. Stir.
  6. After adding sugar, the mixture will again become watery. Keep on stirring.
  7. Towards the completion of halwa, add chopped almonds. Remove from gas. Keep it aside to cool down to room temperature.
  8. Now grease the aluminum barfi tray with ghee.
  9. Set the prepared dudhi halwa in barfi tray.
  10. Refrigerate it for 1 or 2 hours.
  11. After barfi solidify, cut into desired shape using a sharp knife.
  12. Lauki ki barfi is ready. Keep it refrigerated in an air tight container for longer shelf life.
Notes
• Keep it refrigerated in an air tight container.
• Better use full fat milk then the toned one.
• You can use nuts of your choice. I have used only almonds.
• While buying ghila for barfi, get the green one as it be give more green color to barfi.
Recipe by Indian Cuisine at https://www.indicuisine.com/lauki-ki-barfi-how-to-make-bottle-gourd-sweet-dish/