Kaddu Ki Kheer

                                                                

INGREDIENTS:

1.     Milk- 2 ltrs

2.     Khova- 500 gm

3.     Sugar- 400 gm

4.     Bottle gourd- 1 (small sized)

5.     Rice- 25 gm

6.     Almonds- few

7.     Pistachio- few

8.     Green edible color- 2 pinch

METHOD:

• Add 1 glass water and green color to sugar and bring it to boil. Keep this aside, this is your sugar syrup.
• Add a cup of water to khova and cook. Keep stirring at the same time, see to it that it doesn’t stick to the base of vessel. 
• Now add sugar syrup to this, boil it for 2 mins and keep it aside.
• Soak rice for 2 hrs and grind. Keep it aside.
• Grate bottle gourd.
• Boil milk and add grated gourd and leave on low flame for 30 mins so that gourd becomes tender.
• Then add rice paste to milk and cook for 5 mins.
• Now to the milk add khova sugar mix. Boil it for 5 mins.
• Kaddu ki kheer is ready. Garnish it with almonds and pistachio.
• Refrigerate it and serve cool.