Kaddu Ki Kheer

Kaddu which is also called a Winter Melon, White Gourd, Winter Gourd, Ash Gourd, is a vine grown for its very large fruit, eaten as a vegetable when mature.  It is the only member of the genus Benincasa.  The fruit is fuzzy when young.  the immature melon has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten.  By maturity, the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating giving rise to the name wax gourd and providing a long shelf life.  The melon may grow as large a 80 cm in length.  Although the fruit is referred to as a melon, the fully grown crop is not sweet. Originally cultivated in Southeast Asia, the Winter Melon is now widely grown in East Asia and South Asia as well.

Kaddu Ki Kheer is one of old and very traditional Indian sweet which serve mostly on popular festivals like Diwali, Spring festivals etc.

Kaddu Ki Kheer

 
Ingredients

• 4 Cups grated kaddu
• 1 Tin condensed milk
• 2 Liter milk
• 2 Cups sugar
• 1/2 Cup soaked sabudana
• 2 tsp Vanilla essence

Method

• Boil the milk.
• Add grated kaddu and cook till it turns soft.
• Mix condensed milk and sugar well.
• Once the sugar is dissolved, add soaked sabudana.
• Cook it for more 15 minutes.
• Add vanilla essence.
• Serve chilled.