Lauki (Bottle Gourd) ki Barfi

Ingredients

1 cup peeled and grated Lauki (Bottle Gourd)

1 cup full-cream milk

1 cup milk powder

1 cup sugar

10-12 raisins

1 tablespoon sliced cashew nuts

1 teaspoon sliced pistachio

¼ teaspoon cardamom powder

1 tablespoon ghee (clarified butter)

Method

Boil the grated lauki and drain excess water out of it.

Mix the milk powder in the milk and boil it in a nonstick Kadhai/Wok.

Now add the prepared lauki to it and cook it on a slow flame. Keep stirring it.

Add sugar, raisins (my kids love raisins so I end up adding a lot of it, you can try it too if you wish to) and cashew nuts to it and again cook on a slow flame.

In about 20 minutes the mixture will reduce in volume and turn into a soft dough.

Now add ghee to it and again cook it for 5 minutes. Keep stirring it.

Add cardamom powder to this mixture and mix it well.

Now pour the contents in a flat-bottomed, greased dish and spread it evenly.

Garnish it with sliced pistachios.

Cool it at room temperature and then refrigerate it.

After an hour or so, cut it into squares or diamond-shaped barfi with the help of sharp knife or pizza cutter.