Diwali Special Caramel Kheer without Rice

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Ingredients:-

Lauki- 1 Medium sIZE
Ghee- 1 tbsp
Sugar-1/2 cup
Full Cream Milk-1 liter
1 Cardamom

Method:-

1.Peel bottlegourd/lauki and wash it properly.
2.Remove the seeds of bottle gourd if required.
3.Grate the bottlegourd/lauki.
4.Squeeze the grated bottlegourd and remove the excess water.
5.Keep this water aside, do not discard.
6.Take a kadhai or pan add 1 tbsp ghee and add grated bottlegourd/lauki to it.
7.Keep stirring in between and let it cook on low flame untill it becomes soft.
8.If required you can add water which we have taken out of grated lauki.
9.Check lauki if its cooked turn off the flame.
10.Boil 1 liter full cream milk on high flame for 5 minutes or untill it starts boiling.
11.Add cardamom seeds to milk and after boiling reduce the flame, let it boil on low flame for 7-10 minutes.
12.When milk starts reducing and becomes thick then add cooked bottlegourd/lauki.
13.Add chopped dryfuits of your choice and cook this on low flame for another 5 minutes.
14.Turn off the flame and keep kheer aside.
15.Take a pan, turn on the flame and add 1/2 cup sugar to it.
16.Keep the flame low and keep stirring, when sugar melts completely then turn off the flame.
17.Caramel is ready add prepared caramel to kheer and cover this witha plate.
18.After 2 minutes open the plate and stir well.
19.Caramel kheer is ready garnish with dryfruits and serve.