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Today we will make bottle gourd halwa.
This halwa tastes super delicious and delectable.
You can prepare this halwa for get-together or any occasion.
You can even prepare it whenever you crave for something sweet.
So, let's start making bottle gourd halwa.
To make bottle gourd halwa, peel and grate bottle gourd first.
Take 1 kg of bottle gourd.
We have already washed and pat dried the bottle gourd.
Remove its stalks and cut it into big pieces because we have to grate them.
Cut it into 3-4 inch pieces.
Now we will grate them.
You can grate them in food processor or do it manually with hands using grater.
Grate the bottle gourd from all the sides and discard the inside soft seedy portion.
Grate them rotating like this from all the sides.
Discard this soft and seedy portion of it.
Similarly, grate all the pieces.
Bottle gourds are now grated and ready.
Heat a pan to make halwa.
Place bottle gourd into the pan to cook.
Now, add 1 cup of milk to it.
Mix bottle gourd well into the milk.
Cover and let it cook for 3-4 minutes on medium flame until bottle gourd becomes tender.
Meanwhile, chop cashews and almonds.
Also, prepare a powder from cardamom seeds.
Chop each cashew into 5-6 small pieces.
Similarly, chop almonds in thin slices.
Now we have cooked the bottle gourd for 5 minutes and it has become soft.
There is still some milk left in it.
So, now cook it without lid until milk evaporates completely.
Keep the flame on high.
Keep stirring at every 1-2 minute to prevent it from browning at the base.
You must taste the bottle gourd before making its halwa because sometime it can be bitter in taste.
Bottle gourd is sweet in taste. So, always prepare halwa from sweet bottle gourd.
Halwa will not taste good if it is prepared from bitter bottle gourd.
Milk is almost evaporated.
Now, take 1.5 cups of sugar and add to it.
You can see lots of juice after adding the sugar.
Cook it until all its juice gets evaporated and keep stirring at every 1-2 minutes.
Shift the pan on another flame and let the halwa cook.
Meanwhile, roast the mawa but keep stirring the halwa at regular interval.
Heat a pan. Crumble and add the mawa into the pan.
Here we are taking 250 gram (1 cup) mawa.
Keep the flame medium-low and roast the mawa until you see slight change in colour.
Colour of the mawa has slightly changed and ghee is also separating from it.
Mawa is now roasted completely.
Again place the pan back on the flame.
Transfer the mawa into a bowl because the pan is very hot and it will keep roasting in it.
As you can see there is very less juice left in the pan and this much is required for the halwa.
Now add 1/4 cup of ghee to it.
After adding ghee, keep stirring the halwa continuously for 2-3 minutes.
After 2 minutes, add roasted mawa into it followed by dry fruits.
Mix everything really well.
Here we have already prepared the powder from cardamoms, add this as well.
Saute and mix everything for 1-2 minutes.
Now we have cooked it for 3-4 minutes on low flame while stirring continuously.
Halwa is now ready.
Transfer it to a plate.
Garnish the halwa with some dry fruits.
We have already sliced cashews from between, now we are using it for garnishing.
Mouth-watering and delectable bottle gourd halwa is now ready to serve.
It is very easy to prepare.
You just have to take care of few things while making it.
Keep stirring continuously while making halwa to prevent it from browning at the base.
Let the halwa cools down completely then place it in the refrigerator.
It keeps good for 1 week in refrigerator.
So, definitely make this bottle gourd halwa at home and relish eating.
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