Bottle gourd or ‘Lauki’ (Hindi) ‘Sorakkai'(Tamil)

is vegetable with 96 percent of water .

Consuming it as juice ,helps in weight loss and

removal of acidity in the body. Ayurvedic

medicine considers it to be a nerve tonic , good

for ulcers,constipation , for healthy liver and

many more benefits .The extract of this bottle

gourd plant is used to treat jaundice .

I cook this vegetable often, with dal or stuffed

curry ( recipe uploaded) or salad.

This time I turned it sweet!Yes,bottlegourd

halwa.This vegetable can be grated and made

like the carrot halwa for a variation.

My recipe today is with finely ground gourd.

So…for the recipe now.

INGREDIENTS

2 cups peeled and ground bottlegourd

1/4 cup ground almonds

1 cup sugar

1/2 tsp cardamon powder

1/4 cup ghee

a pinch of salt

1 tblsp of corn flour mixed in a little water

METHOD

Heat half the ghee, in thick bottomed/non stick

pan.

Add the ground vegetable ,almonds and salt.

Cook for 10 minutes and add sugar.

Keep stirring , till sugar dissolves .

Add corn flour mixture and cook till the

mixture leaves the sides of the pan.

Add the rest of the ghee and cardamom powder

Keep stirring till the mixture, clings onto the

spoon .

Transfer to a greased plate.Smear a little ghee

on top . Press on with watermelon seeds or

cashewnuts.

Cut into pieces after it is cool.

( No coloring was added )