- Serves
- 6
- Portion
- 100 ml
- Time
- 40 min
- Texture
- Soft
- Season
- Spring–summerAutumn
- Dosha
- Vata
- Pitta
- Kapha
Cooling
Ingredients
What you need
| Done | Ingredient | Household measure | Quantity (6 servings) | Café batch ×5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottle gourd (lauki) | grated | 250 g | 1250 g | |
| Ghee (cow) | 1 tsp | 5 g | 25 g | |
| Cow's milk, whole | 3⅓ cups | 800 ml | 4000 ml | |
| Mishri / sugar | ¼ cup | 50 g | 250 g | |
| Green cardamom | ¼ tsp | 1 g | 5 g | |
| Almonds | 8 | 10 g | 50 g |
Method
How to cook it
Step 1: Sauté lauki in ghee 5 minutes.
Step 2: Add milk; simmer 25 minutes, stirring, until thick.
Step 3: Add mishri and cardamom; garnish.
Nutrition
Per serving, estimated
143kcal
Energy
4.9g
Protein
6.8g
Fat
16.5g
Carbohydrate
0.5g
Fibre
0g
Salt
Where the energy comes from
Protein and carbohydrate × 4 kcal/g, fat × 9 kcal/g
Estimated from IFCT 2017 / USDA composition tables; not for clinical use.
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