Adventurous twist to ice cream- Churekya/Bottle Gourd Ice Cream

Enjoy making this yummy Bottle Gourd Ice Cream recipe which also has the goodness of bottle gourd in it. This ice cream is also one of the ways where we can tweak in vegetables into our kids’ food.

Bottle Gourd Ice Cream

Prep in: 600 minutes

Cooks in: 10 minutes

Total in: 610 minutes

Makes: 3 servings

Ingredients

• 1 Bottle gourd (lauki)
• 500 ml Milk, (with full cream)
• 3 tablespoons Fresh cream
• 1 tablespoon Ghee
• 1 teaspoon Cardamom (Elaichi) Powder
• 1 tablespoon Slivered Almonds (Badam), or chopped almonds

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How to make

• To begin making Bottle Gourd Ice Cream Recipe (Lauki Ice Cream), wash, peel the lauki and grate/shred the bottle gourd and keep aside.
• In a shallow frying pan, heat a tablespoon of ghee and stir-fry the shredded bottle gourd for about 3-4 minutes on a medium heat, until most of its moisture is evaporated and the lauki appears lumpy.
• Now add milk to the pan and keep stirring. Bring it to boil.
• Once the milk-stir fried lauki has come to a boil, add in sugar and keep on medium flame. Keep stirring until the milk is reduced to half of its initial amount. It might take 20-30 minutes.
• Switch off heat and allow the mixture to cool down to room temperature.
• Once the mixture is cooled to lukewarm to room temperature, pour the mixture into a blender, blend for about 2 minutes.
• Take an airtight container and pour in this mixture into the container and add 2 tablespoons of malai/fresh cream on top. Wrap with a cling wrap.
• Freeze it completely for 4 hours to set.
• After 3-4 hours, take the container out of the freezer; put all its content in a deep mixing bowl and beat the ice cream with a handheld mixer for about 2-3 minutes.
• Add chopped almonds and cardamom powder, saving a few chopped almonds for garnish. Beat the ice cream once again for about 30 seconds.
• Pour the mixture into a lined airtight container and freeze for 6 hours or overnight.
• Scoop out and serve Bottle Gourd Ice Cream Recipe (Lauki Ice Cream) as a summer dessert to kids