Lauki (Bottle gourd) Rabadi

Ingredients

    Lauki (Bottle Gourd) – 500 gms peeled and cut into pieces

   Sugar – 200 gms or as required (you can use condensed milk too)

   Ghee – 5 tsp

   Milk Powder – 200 gms

   Cardamom seeds crushed – 1 tsp

   Milk - 2 Cup     

  Saffron threads

  Chopped dry fruits

 Method

In a cooker, add little ghee the crushed cardamom seeds then add the Lauki and saute well for about minute on high flame. Add one-cup milk mix well and cook until four to five whistle. Wait for the steam to escape and open the lid. You will see the Lauki has turned soft and mushy then add the remaining milk & cook on high heat until the milk dries up.

Add the ghee and mix well until it starts leaving the sides of the lauki mixture. Then add the sugar and cook until all the sugar has melted. Add chopped dry fruits and saffron & mix well. Finally add the milk powder and give it a good stir till all the lumps have disappeared and the lauki rabadi has attained your desired consistency switch off the flame and let it cool completely. Now pour the rabadi mixture into the serving dish, decorate it with some chopped pistachios, and enjoy.