Bottle guard Halawa

How to make kadu halawa / bottle guard halawa

Bottle guard halawa is one such healthy desert can be made with easily available bottle guards and other few ingredients.Bottle guard is nutrition rich vegetable and including it in diet is very beneficial for health. I often make bottle guard halawa as my kids love this dessert.People who don't like bottle guard will also love eating this yummy dessert.Loaded with ghee and dry fruits its perfect to indulge sweet.

Enjoy making bottle guard halawa with very easy steps and minimal ingredients.

Cooking time:45 min

Ingredients:

• Bottle guard / kaddu grated 2 cup
• Full cream milk 1/4 cup
• Sugar 1 cup
• Ghee 2 tb spoon
• Cashew 4 to 5 pieces
• Almond 4 to 5 pieces
• A pinch of cardamom powder

Directions to cook:

1. Heat kadhai and add ghee in it.
2. Add grated bottle guard in it and roast on low flame.
3. For roasting 2 cups bottle guard at least 25 minutes required.Or roast till complete water/juice from bottle guard gets evaporated and it looks translucent.
4. After roasting bottle guard / kaddu add sugar in it.
5. Add full cream milk and roasted dry fruits in halawa.
6. Cook bottle guard halawa for 5 to 6 more minutes.
7. Sprinkle cardamom powder on halawa and switch off gas.
8. Garnish with sliced dry fruits and serve bottle guard halawa  warm/chilled.