Lauki kheer

Ingredients : 400g grated bottle gourd (lauki), 1lt milk, 1/4 cup condensed milk or 300g sugar, pinch cardamom powder, few strands of saffron, 1 table spoon ghee, nuts & raisin

Method : Peel the skin of the bottle gourd and scoop out the seeds, grate them and squeeze out the water from this. Take an Indian wok (kadai)  and add ghee into it. put grated bottle gourd into it and saute for 5-8 mins on medium flame. on the other side boil the milk and reduce it 3/4 of its quantity. Add condensed milk and stir well. Add the bottle gourd to the milk mixture and let this boil in milk for 10 minutes in a low flame.Switch off the flame and add cardamom powder, garnish with few saffron strands & nuts. Can also be served chilled :)