Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, bottle gourd kalakand. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Bottle gourd kalakand has a flavorful lightness to it. Source: Chef Shireen Anwar In Masala Mornings On Masala Cooking TV Channel. Bottle Gourd is very healthy vegetable contains several benefits which is also known as Calabash/Suraikai/Lauki. The taste of this sambhar/sambar is ultimate and healthy for us.
Bottle gourd Kalakand is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Bottle gourd Kalakand is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have bottle gourd kalakand using 7 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Bottle gourd Kalakand:
- Take 1 Kg bottleguard
- Make ready 200 grams khoya
- Prepare 200 grams sugar
- Get 2 tbsp cardmon powder
- Make ready 1 tbsp ghee
- Prepare Some chopped cashews and almonds
- Prepare 1/2 Cup Dessicated coconut
It belongs to the gourd family- Cucurbitaceae and is a running or climbing vine. Bottle gourd or calabash commonly known as lauki is one of the popular vegetable in Indian cuisines. They use it in their main course meal as well as in their sweet dishes or desserts. Always in a quest to find the next low-carb vegetable, I looked at the bland and simple bottle gourd with fresh eyes.
Instructions to make Bottle gourd Kalakand:
- Grate the bottle gourd (don't peel it) & squeeze it's water. Heat ghee in a heavy bottom pan and add grated bottle gourd. Fry it for 1 min & cook with covered lid at low flame. It will take 15-20 mins to cook completely.
- Now add sugar and mix. Sugar will leave the water so absorb the water by stirring constantly at medium flame. Add cardamom powder. When water completely absorbed add grated khoya and some chopped cashews and almonds.
- Transfer the mixture in a greased plate or tin. Garnish with desiccated coconut and chopped almonds.
They use it in their main course meal as well as in their sweet dishes or desserts. Always in a quest to find the next low-carb vegetable, I looked at the bland and simple bottle gourd with fresh eyes. Bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria, is a genus of tropical and subtropical vines in the Cucurbitaceae family. It is also called Calabash Gourd, Trumpet Gourd and Long Squash. The bottle gourd is called slaouia in Moroccan cuisine and is popular in other recipes from around the world.
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