Kheer made from bottle gourd is very beneficial for the body. Bottle gourd vegetable is prepared and eaten in almost all homes, but bottle gourd kheer is also similar to vegetable in terms of properties. If you want to eat something sweet, you can make gourd kheer. Apart from being healthy, it is also very tasty. You must have eaten traditional rice kheer and vermicelli kheer many times, but if you have never tasted gourd kheer, then it can be made very easily with the help of our recipe. Lauki kheer is very tasty to eat. It is very tasty and is liked by adults as well as children. It does not take much time to prepare gourd kheer. If you have never tried its recipe, then you can easily make it by our method.
Ingredients to make Lauki Kheer
Grated bottle gourd – 1 cup
Milk – 2 cups
Cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp
Chopped dry fruits – 1 tbsp
Desi ghee – 1 tsp
Sugar – 1/2 cup
How to make bottle gourd kheer
To make Lauki Kheer, first peel the bottle gourd and then grate it and keep it aside in a bowl. Now pour milk in a deep bottom vessel and keep it on medium flame to heat. When the milk starts boiling once or twice, turn off the gas. Now put 1 spoon of desi ghee in a pan and heat it. After the ghee melts, add grated bottle gourd to it and cook until the bottle gourd becomes soft. When the bottle gourd becomes soft, add lukewarm milk to it and mix it while stirring with a spoon and let it cook on low flame.
Keep stirring the kheer in between with a big spoon. The kheer has to be cooked until the milk thickens well. After this add sugar and cardamom powder as per taste in milk and mix it well. After this add chopped dry fruits and mix. Now let the kheer cook for 3-4 minutes, in this time the sugar will mix well in the kheer. After this, turn off the gas and take out the kheer in a big serving bowl. Garnish dry fruits on top of gourd kheer. Delicious Lauki Ki Kheer is completely ready to serve.