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Lauki Kheer - Bottle Gourd Milk Pudding

Published: Oct 13, 2017 by Manju · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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Deliciously decadent kheer laced with cardamom and saffron and the goodness of lauki / bottle gourd, that you can feel a little less guilty of indulging in more than one serving.

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Lauki Kheer

There are so many of these recipes that I had even heard of, let alone tried and tasted them before I got into the world of food blogging. I come across something that is new to me and I go asking for a recipe, be it neighbors, friends or look up in my collection of cookbooks or even the internet.

This lauki kheer is one such recipe. Lauki or bottle gourd is not a vegetable that is quite commonly used in Southern India, which is where I grew up and spent most of my life. But I have started to love this vegetable and Lauki Chana Dal is a dal curry that I make quite often after having once tasted it and loved it at a friends house for dinner.

Lauki Kheer - Doodhi Kheer - Bottle Gourd Milk Pudding (5 of 7)

Lauki kheer is yet another story. I was quite intrigued when I heard that a dessert could be made with this vegetable. But knowing the taste and texture of this vegetable, I could see how this would work. Lauki Kheer is also called Doodhi Kheer or Ghiya Ki Kheer - those are just other names for bottle gourd.

I tried to read up about this recipe, and as always there are several versions to making this recipe. A popular one was cooking the grated lauki in water and then adding to the milk mix and another one I saw was to just add it. I didn’t what to go with the first method as it did not call out to me. The second one felt like I was taking too much of a chance just putting a raw vegetable into a dessert.

So I decided to fry the grated lauki in ghee till it became soft and I then proceeded to make the kheer out of it. Frying in ghee is something we do quite a bit in a lot of traditional Kerala style payasams like the kadala pradhaman or ethapazham payasam. So I thought that should work for this too. And it did!

Lauki Kheer - Doodhi Kheer - Bottle Gourd Milk Pudding (7 of 7)

I used evaporated milk for this recipe as a shortcut to get that gorgeous deep color that is slightly pink, that you get from reducing the milk down. It worked really well and I hope you will love it as well.

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Lauki Kheer

Lauki Kheer

Deliciously decadent kheer laced with cardamom and saffron and the goodness of lauki / bottle gourd, that you can feel a little less guilty of indulging in more than one serving.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 275kcal
Author: Manju
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Ingredients

  • ½ cup grated lauki / bottle gourd
  • 1 can evaporated milk
  • 2 tablespoon ghee
  • ⅓-1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • ½ teaspoon saffron
  • 4-5 pistachios shelled and crushed
  • 1 tablespoon sliced almonds

Instructions

  • Heat the ghee in a heavy bottomed pan and add the grated lauki to it. Saute for about 5 minutes till the lauki starts to soften up a little.
  • Now add the evaporated milk and let it come to a boil. Simmer for a couple of minutes.
  • Add the sugar to this and mix well to let it dissolve. Add the cardamom and saffron and simmer for a few more minutes.
  • Remove from heat and garnish with the pistachios and sliced almonds. Serve warm or cold.

Nutrition

Calories: 275kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 94mg | Potassium: 321mg | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 210IU | Vitamin C: 1.7mg | Calcium: 244mg | Iron: 0.5mg
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