Ingredients:
Bottle gourd- 1 (800 grams)
Condensed milk- 1 tin (400 grams)
Almonds flakes- ¼ cup
Full cream milk- ½ cup
Green Cardamom powder- 6
Pistachios- 5 to 6 (finely chopped)

How to make the lauki barfi:
1- Peel 800 grams of bottle gourd and cut its ends.
2- Divide the bottle gourd into 2 to 2.5 inches of pieces.
3- Divide the pieces into equal halves
4- Remove its soft part using a knife.
5- Wash the pieces of bottle gourd and grate them.
6- Strain juice by pressing the grated bottle gourd.
7- Cook the grated bottle gourd along with milk in the pan on the medium flame.
8- Cover and cook on the medium flame for 5 minutes.
9- Stir it after 5 minutes and again cook it for 3-4 minutes.
10- Prepare the coarsely grounded powder of green cardamoms.
11- After, cooking the bottle gourd for 8 minutes, add 2 tbsp of ghee in it and roast while stirring on the high flame.
12- After cooking it for 6-7 minutes, add 1 tin of condensed milk in it.
13- Cook on the high flame until it reaches the thick consistency.
14- Add the cardamom powder and almond flakes after 15 minutes.
15- Stir and cook to make it thicker on the medium flame.
16- Switch off the flame when ghee starts separating from the mixture.
17- Grease the plate by applying ghee and pour the mixture on it.
18- Press and spread it thickly on the plate.
19- Garnish it with almonds flakes, chopped pistachios and press them to insert in the mixture.
20- Keep it in a cool place to set and then cut the set barfi in desired shapes.
21- Heat the plate from bottom to remove the pieces easily.
22- Remove the pieces and place them on the plate.

POONAM'S KITCHEN ✨💗