Gil-E-Firdaus Recipe (Creamy & Sweet Bottlegourd Pudding)

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Preparation time

  • Total: Approximately 65 minutes
  • Preparation: 20 minutes
  • Cooking: 45 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1-1/2 liter Milk
  • 3/4 cup Bottle gourd (lauki) - grated
  • 3 tablespoon Sabudana (Tapioca Pearls)
  • 1/2 cup Basmati rice
  • 3 tablespoon Almond Meal (Badam Powder)
  • 1/4 tablespoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)
  • Saffron strands - a few
  • 1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
  • 200 grams Condensed Milk
  • 1/2 tablespoon Slivered Almonds (Badam)
  • 2 tablespoon Ghee
  • 1 Edible Silver Foil/Leaf (Chandi Ka Vark)

Instructions

  1. To begin making the Gil-E-Firdaus Recipe (Creamy & Sweet Bottlegourd Pudding), wash and soak sago for 1 hour
  2. Wash basmati rice with clean water and pat to dry
  3. Spread rice on a clean muslin cloth for 30-40 minutes under fan and allow it to dry
  4. Once the rice is dry, grind to coarse powder
  5. In a heavy bottom cooking pan, add ghee and roast the slivered almonds
  6. Once they turn light golden using a slotted spoon remove the almonds on to kitchen paper towel and set aside
  7. In the same ghee add grated bottle gourd and on medium flame saute for 2-3 minutes until the bottle gourd begins to leave its liquids
  8. At this stage add half of milk and 1-1/2 cups of water to bottle gourd and cook until bottle gourd is soft
  9. In another heavy bottom pan, add remaining milk, add the coarsely ground rice along with soaked sago and cook till done
  10. Take care to keep stirring this mixture so it does not burn the bottom of the pan
  11. To the sago and rice mixture, add condensed milk, cardamom powder, almond powder, vanilla essence and the boiled milk and bottle gourd mixture
  12. Stir gently to combine all the ingredients well
  13. Cook on low flame and stir until everything combines together
  14. Cook till you get kheer like consistency
  15. If the mixture is getting too thick, then you can add 1/2 cup milk or water to give it a better consistency
  16. Once done, turn off the heat and transfer the Gil-E-Firdaus  to a serving bowl
  17. Garnish the Gil-E-Firdaus with golden fried slivered almonds and edible silver leaf
  18. The Gil-E-Firdaus (Creamy & Sweet Bottlegourd Pudding) taste best when served chilled

Other informations

The table below shows servings values and other necessary informations.

  • Servings
  • Cuisine
  • Course
  • Diet
  • 6
  • Hyderabadi
  • Dessert
  • Vegetarian
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