SORAKAYA HALWA:
Sorakaya Halwa is a very tasty sweet dish. Preparation is very much similar to Carrot Halwa but it tastes like a heaven.
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:
- Take 1/2 kg of bottle gourd( around 2 cups), wash them and grate the bottle gourd using grater.
- Now, heat a heavy bottomed pan, pour 3 tsp of ghee and roast the dry fruits and keep it a side.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cook the bottle gourd untill the moisture in the bottle gourd evaporates.
- 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.
- Stir in between constantly.
- As milk the about to evourates, add 1 tsp of cardamom powder and stir and cook for 2 to 3 mins.
- Lastly, add the roasted dry fruits and mix well and cook for another 2 mins and turn off the flame.
- Your bottle gourd/Sorakaya halwa is ready to serve.
- Garnish with some nuts and serve warm or chilled with icecream.
- 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.
