DOODHI KHEER / BOTTLE GOURD KHEER / LAUKI KHEER

                   DOODHI KHEER

                           (Serves 3-4)

Doodhi Kheer (Bottle Gourd Pudding) is best described as disintegrated Doodhi halwa in pudding form. It is very creamy and grainy in texture and heavenly delicious.

Doodhi/bottle gourd/lauki Kheer made by cooking grated doodhi with milk, sugar and flavored by cardamom powder and garnished with rose flavored red tooti fruity. Rose flavored tutti frutti in doodhi kheer is like a match made in heaven.

INGREDIENTS:

·      4 Cups Milk (Full Fat Milk)

·      1 cup Doodhi (Bottle Gourd), grated, squeezed and packed OR 5-6”size slim doodhi (Grate doodhi through big holes on the grater)

·      2-3 T Mava/Khoya/Milk Solids, grated, gives rich creamy taste to the kheer  (I used Mava)

OR

2-3 T Sweetened Condensed Milk, gives rich creamy taste to the kheer  (If you add sweetened condensed milk then reduce quantity of sugar) 

·      ½ to ¾ cup Sugar or as per taste

·      ¼ to 1/3 tsp. Cardamom Powder

·      Green Food Color as needed for desire green kheer color

·      Few Rose Flavored Red Tutti Frutti for decoration and to add extraordinary taste to doodhi kheer (I used Rose Flavored Red Tutti Frutti)

OR

1 T Grated Almond and 1 T Pistachios

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LET’S COOK:

Wash and peel doothi and grate through big holes on the grater and squeeze out the water as much as you can and pack in a cup measurement and use.

Boil milk in a heavy bottom non-stick pot on medium heat.

When milk comes to boil add grated doodhi and keep on cooking with stirring occasionally until milk volume reduces to half or until desire kheer consistency. It will take somewhat from 30 to 40 minutes.

Add mava, sugar and continue cooking on low heat till you reach desire consistency.

Switch off the heat.

Allow cooling for few minutes.

Add cardamom powder and green food color and mix well.

Transfer in a serving cup and decorate with rose flavor tutti frutti or with grated almonds and pistachios.

Doodhi kheer is best served chilled.

Enjoy…

NOTE:

If you do not have Rose Flavor Tutti Frutti then add 2 tsp. Rose Water.

Add Rose Water at same time you add Cardamom Powder in recipe.

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