INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup finely grated lauki
- 2 cups milk
- 3 tablespoons condensed milk
- ¼ teaspoon saffron
- ½ teaspoon cardamom powder
- 4 almonds, sliced
- 10 raisins
- 1 tablespoon ghee
METHOD
- In a wok, heat the ghee and add the lauki. Sauté for 5 minutes till it looks done.
- Add the milk and keep mixing it as it boils and reduces. Then add the condensed milk.
- Take a tablespoon of hot milk and add the saffron to it. Mix this into the boiling kheer.
- Once the milk has reduced, add the cardamom powder and pour the kheer into a serving dish.
- Garnish with nuts and raisins and refrigerate for a few hours. Serve it chilled.
Rakshita Dwivedi is an entrepreneur who runs Recipe
Dabba, which empowers kids with healthy food choices
and uses cooking as a gender agnostic life skill. She has
won many awards including the Orange Flower Award,
Women Disruptors Award, Homepreneur Award and
Web Wonder Women awarded by the Ministry of
Women and Child Development. For more recipes,
follow her on Instagram @recipe_dabba
REFLECTION: Gourds Are Good!
Name 5 vegetables from the gourd family.
