Lauki Kheer - Sorakkai Payasam

Blogging marathon is pushing my limits. The recipes I post as part this edition of marathon is prepared the day it is posted except the first recipe.  And today I decided to make kheer using bottle gourd and planned it for dessert post dinner. One or the other things came by and it was time for dinner. I cook all three meals separately. Most of the days I start my cooking for dinner around 8:00 and it will be ready on the table by 8:30 p.m, our dinner time. I started the kheer post dinner and it got done in 20 minutes. 

You need

Grated bottle gourd - 1 cup, tightly packed

Milk - half litre

Ghee - 1 tblspn + 2 tspn

Sugar - 1/3 cup (increase to 1/2 cup if you want it very sweet)

Cashew & Raisins - 1 tblspn

Method

Heat a tablespoon of ghee in a kadai or thick bottomed vessel. Add the grated bottle gourd. Saute till the raw smell disappears. Add the milk and continue to cook till the bottle gourd absorbs the flavor of milk.  Add sugar. Let it dissolve and let it simmer for few minutes till it thickens to the desired consistency.

Heat 2 teaspoon of ghee in another kadai. Add cashews to it. When cashews start browning, add raisins. Add the roasted cashews and raisins to the kheer. Serve warm or cold as desired. Since the weather is cold here, we had it warm. 

Do check out what my fellow marathoners are cooking for BM#6

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Rasgulla / A Bengal Sweet

Rasgulla is prepared by a cheese (chenna) ball boiled in sugar syrup. It is a very famous Bengal Sweet. However sources places its origin from Orissa. Rasgulla is easy to prepare compared to Gulab Jamun. Rasgulla preparation is considered to be a precursor for preparing Rasmalai. Yes, Rasamalai can also be prepared from Rasgullas.

The recipe which I have mentioned here can make 10-15 rasagullas based on the size of cheese balls you make and also the type of milk. I made small balls to cope up with the vessel I have used. Also I have used crushed cardamom to give flavour instead of rose water.

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