Navratri 2019- Lauki Barfi Is Perfect For Maa Durga Prasad

Simple, easy to make and delicious barfi or burfi recipe made using bottle gourd, milk, sugar and khoya. For the flavoring, cardamom powder and rose water are added.

Ingredients

800 grams or 4 cups Lauki (bottle gourd or dudhi) , Loosely packed
2 + 2 tablespoons Ghee (clarified butter)
2 ½ cups Milk
150 grams or 1 cup Khoya (Mawa) , grated or crumbled and tightly packed
¾ cup Sugar
¼ teaspoon Green cardamom seeds powder
¼ cup Cashew nuts chopped
1 teaspoon Rose water
¼ cup Almonds sliced, for garnishing on top

Method

* Grease the tray or thali using ghee and keep it aside.

* Peel the bottle gourd, scoop out the center soft part with seeds and grate it. For grating purpose use box grater or food processor.

* Heat the 2 tablespoons of ghee in a pan on medium heat. Once hot add grated lauki and saute till it is soft and moisture free.

* Then add milk and simmer till all the milk is evaporated and the mixture become almost dry and thick.

* Now mix in remaining ghee and cook for a minute.

* Then add khoya, mix and cook till it is melted and incorporated well.

* Now mix in sugar and cardamom powder. As sugar melts, mixture becomes thin and runny, continue stirring and cooking till it becomes thick and leave the sides of the pan.

* This time turf off the stove and mix in chopped cashews and rose water.

* Pour the mixture into greased tray and spread out evenly.

* Sprinkle sliced almonds and slightly press so it sticks to the burfi mixture.