SORAKAYA HALWA

 SORAKAYA HALWA:

          

Sorakaya Halwa is a very tasty sweet dish. Preparation is very much similar to Carrot Halwa but it tastes like a heaven. 

          Here is the preparation please give it a try for yourself...

Ingredients:

• Fresh bottle gourd grated- around 2 cups 
• Milk 250 ml
• Sugar 200 gm
• Ghee 3tsp
• Dry nuts of your choice ( badam, cashew, golden raisans, watermelon seeds)  
• Cardamom powder 1 tsp

     Preparation:

1. Take 1/2 kg of bottle gourd( around 2 cups), wash them and grate the bottle gourd using grater.
2. Now, heat a heavy bottomed pan, pour 3 tsp of ghee and roast the dry fruits and keep it a side.
3. In the same ghee add grated bottle gourd and cook it for 5 mins till the bottle gourd become soft.cook on low flame only.
4.   Then add 200 gm of sugar to the grated bottle gourd and mix well, as sugar will release  a lot of moisture and makes the entire Bottle gourd Halwa juicy.
5. Cook the bottle gourd untill the moisture in the bottle gourd evaporates.
6. Now add 250 ml of milk and cook it on low flame till the milk in the bottle gourd evaporates.It can take 10 to 15 mins. 
7. Stir in between constantly. 
8. As milk the about to evourates, add 1 tsp of cardamom powder and stir and cook for 2 to 3 mins.
9. Lastly, add the roasted dry fruits and mix well and cook for another 2 mins and turn off the flame.
10. Your bottle gourd/Sorakaya halwa is ready to serve.
11. Garnish with some nuts and serve warm or chilled with icecream.
12. Trust me it is delicious with vanilla ice cream.

Tips:

• Cook the bottle gourd/Sorakaya halwa on a low flame only.
• Add sugar first because sugar will intensifies the moisture in the Sorakaya which makes the halwa tasty and juicy.
• If u want u can use full fat milk which increases the taste of the recipe.