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.
Course Dessert, Desserts, sweets
Prep Time 10 minutes minutes Cook Time 40 minutes minutes
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
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.
You may add 2 tablespoon sabudana in this recipe while cooking bottle gourd. Just remember to soak sabudana prior to cooking.
Serve hot.