Goan Style Bottle Gourd Kheer
Goan Style Bottle Gourd Kheer or “Kokondudhi kheer” is a yummy Indian milk pudding made with bottle gourd, jaggery and coconut milk. This healthy and vegan bottle gourd kheer with jaggery and coconut milk is served for Indian festivals.
Servings 6 People
Ingredients
- 1 medium sized bottle gourd or 2 cups bottle gourd, sliced in 2 cm thin pieces
- 2 cups coconut grated
- 1 cup jaggery grated
- 3 cups water
- 2 green cardamom pods peeled and crushed
- 1/4 teaspoon salt or as per taste
Instructions
- Grind the grated coconut by adding 1 and 1/2 cup water.
- Using a sieve, extract coconut milk.
- Take a deep bottom pan and boil the bottle gourd and jaggery in 1/2 cup water till they soften.
- Keep stirring continuously and keep it aside.
- Add coconut milk to boiled bottle gourd and mix.
- Add salt, crushed cardamom and mix well.
- Switch off the gas.
Notes
- You may add 2 tablespoon sabudana in this recipe while cooking bottle gourd. Just remember to soak sabudana prior to cooking.
- Serve hot.