Dudh Lau
Dudh Lau (Bottle Gourd in Milk) is a special traditional dessert recipe in Bangladesh. The unique taste of dudh lau beats almost everything. We are sharing the much simpler version, a traditional recipe from Bikrampur.
Ingredients
- 1 pc bottle Gourd (Lau) small
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 2-3 pcs cinnamon Sticks
- 2-3 pcs cardamom
- 1 Liter milk for 1 cup bottle Gourd (Lau)
- 1 tbsp rice flour optional, to thicken
Instructions
- Wash and cut a bottle gourd (lau).
- Scrape the skin off the bottle gourd. Soak in the water.
- Remove the seed part of the lau and again soak it in the water.
- Use a grater to shred the lau into very thin slices.
- Soak in water. Wring out excess water. Then again soak in the clean water and wring out the water. Follow these steps a couple of times.
- Use a cheesecloth to wring out the excess water.
- Heat a pan. Add a little bit of water. Add sugar and stir for some time. When sugar melts a bit add the shredded lau.
- Add cardamom and cinnamon. Stir for 20-25 mins.
- When the water removes, it will become sticky and ready. Keep aside and cool down.
- You can store in the freeze up to 1 year.
- Heat milk in a pan. When the milk has thickened a bit, add the pre-made lau sugar mixture.
- Cook in a medium flame for 5 mins.
- Serve the Dudh Lau.
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Notes
If dudh lau needs to thicken a bit you can add 1 tbsp rice flour after adding lau in the milk.