Dudhi Halwa or Lauki Halwa one of my favorite desserts! Dudhi is also called as Lauki in India in English it’s known as bottle gourd. Dudhi Halwa is one of famous Indian dessert mostly made all over India. My family loves desserts. This Dudhi Halwa was just perfectly cooked, tasty and mouthwatering.
There are a lot of ways dudhi halwa made in India. Some make with sweetened milk, some make with milk and sugar, some make with khoya (evaporated milk). I have combined everything and made this delicious dessert 😉
Bottle gourd has a lot of benefits and is a rich source of fiber. It’s great for bones, skin, hair and provides nourishment to the human body. Bottlegourd Juice if taken daily is great for curbing weight.
The best part of dudhi halwa is you can eat them chilled or hot either way it tastes great 🙂
Let’s make Dudhi Halwa Recipe step by step:
- Take a heavy bottomed wide saucepan. Place it on low heat. Add ghee to it.
2. Put all grated bottle gourd into it. Stir nicely for 4 to 5 mins.
3. Combine milk, sweetened milk, saffron strands, vanilla powder if using. Allow to cook for 7 to 10 mins on slow fire. Keep stirring in between.
4. Now add chopped cashews, blanched almonds, cardamom powder, salt and raisins. Cook for another 5 mins and keep stirring.
5. It’s time to add khoya (evaporated milk). The mixture would be 1/2 of its size. It will start getting thicker.
6. Cook until water evaporates and continue stirring.
7. Switch off the gas voila your dudhi halwa is ready, Serve Hot Or Chilled. I love the chilled one. Top it with rabri Or icecream.
Lauki Halwa recipe and the printable version below:
- 2 cups freshly grated dudhi (
bottlegourd skin lightly peeled) - 3 tbsp ghee (clarified butter)
- 1 cup milk
- 250 ml sweetened milk
- ½ t/s cardamom powder
- ½ cup raisins chopped
- 12-14
cashewnuts chopped - 14-16 almonds (blanched in hot water for 5 mins and skin peeled)
- 2 tbsp vanilla powder (optional)
- 2 saffron strands
- 3 tbsp khoya (also called as
mawa / evaporated milk) - a pinch of salt
- Take a heavy bottomed wide saucepan. Place it on low heat. Add ghee to it.
- Put all grated bottle gourd into it. Stir nicely for 4 to 5 mins.
- Combine milk, sweetened milk, saffron strands, vanilla powder if using. Allow to cook for 7 to 10 mins on slow fire. Keep stirring in between.
- Now add chopped cashews, blanched almonds, cardamom powder,
salt and raisins. Cook for another 5 mins and keep stirring. - It's time to add khoya (evaporated milk). The mixture would be ½ of its size. It will start getting thicker.
- Cook until water evaporates and
continue stirring. - Switch off the gas voila your dudhi halwa is ready, Serve Hot Or Chilled. I love the chilled one. Top it with
rabri Oricecream .
2. Also, you could add a dash of green food color. I dislike food coloring so haven't added to my dessert.
3. Use your choice of nuts.
Aisha says
HI, I’m wondering if I can cook lauki in Cocount milk, any suggestions?
maria says
Aisha cook lauki in coconut milk could cuddle the milk. So try in almond milk or cows milk, thanks.
shaziya says
its so nice
maria says
thank you shaziya 🙂
Bottle Gourd Halwa says
i love it…
my favorite…
maria says
Thanks Darshita 🙂
sunita says
Yum Maria Yum
Yesterday I had guests in my house and I wanted to make something sweet, so I jumped on your blog and made this, oh maria, everyone complimented me and in my heart I was thinking you, I swear. The changes what I made was I omitted ghee and in the boiling milk, i added rest of the ingredients, it was yum yum yum yum. Thanks for the recipe Maria.Kudos
Take Care
Sunita
maria says
Great Sunita you are become already a great cook keep up the spirit … well done and you are welcome 🙂
preeshja says
I absolutely loved it.. 🙂 so did my better half… thank you
Keep posting 🙂
maria says
thanks Preeshja for trying and I am happy you guys loved them… take care and I will keep posting 🙂
Anna says
I got really intrigued with this famous Indian treat. I googled some of the ingredients, so i can look for substitutes for those I cannot find in my local grocery and deli stores. I think I can find a pretty decent calabash here, so that is a check. I am good, then! I am ready to make an exquisite dessert. Looks really flavorful!Great post!
maria says
Hi Anna,
Calabash is an extended family of bottlegourd. Even you could make the same dessert with grated carrots. Lemme know how was it?..Thanks a ton.
Love,
Maria