Bottle Gourd or Lauki Halwa – Summer Vegetable Dessert

Soak pistachios in 1/2 cup of water for 20 minutes. Then peel and slice them. Keep it aside.
Heat ghee in a nonstick deep kadhai and add grated lauki. Cook till all the water dries up on a low flame for 5-8 minutes.

Then add milk and fresh milk cream bring the whole mixture to a boil and then lower the flame.
Cook the mixture on a low flame and keep on stirring in between. When the milk reduced to 75% then add sugar and mix it well.

Stir continuously and cook until almost moisture is evaporated until mixture turns thick. It takes 5-6 minutes.
Then finally add cardamom powder, roasted fennel powder, salt, and mix well.
Garnish with sliced pistachios and it's ready to serve.