Subscribe to RSSBottlegourd sweetdish (Gardudde paays)
Wish you all a very happy Ganesh Chaturthi.
Bottlegourd is called gardudde in Konkani. According to Ayurveda, this vegetable has many medicinal values. It is supposed to be very good for digestion. Yoga guru Shri Ramdev keeps talking about the importance of this vegetable in many of his shows. Many people take juice of this vegetable daily. This is even given to diabetic and jaundice patients.
We use bottle gourd in both spicy dishes and sweet dishes. Since today is the auspicious day of Ganesh chaturthi, I thought of posting this delicious sweetdish. I normally make burfis(gardudde khadi) from this which is loved by all at home. But occasionally we make this paays.
Ingredients:
1 cup finely chopped bottle gourd
1 cup milk or coconut milk
1 tbl spn cashews(optional)
1 tbl spn raisins(dry grapes)
1/2 tea spn cardamom powder
1 tea spn rice flour
1-2 tbl spns jaggery
Method:
Cook bottle gourd pieces in water along with cashews. In a bowl mix rice flour with about 1/4 cup of water. When the bottle gourd pieces are done, add the flour mixture and cook. Now add the jaggery, cook till it is dissolved and well mixed. Pour in milk (or coconut milk). Cook for a min. Take off heat and add cardamom powder.
Serves : 2-3
Preparation time : 15mins
PS: rice flour is mainly added to give thickness to the sweet dish. It can be avoided.
new for me,..tried lauki kheer,,whhich was yum,..now feel like tryin this too,..hppy ganesha chaturthi…
September 4th, 2008 at 12:56 amwishing you and ur loved ones a very happy ganesha chaturthi.
September 4th, 2008 at 2:39 ambottle gourd is my fav vegetable and i have been making various curries. i have tasted both payasa and halwa made with it but never ventured into making it till date. the pics are tempting enough to try them soon
Dessert with bottlegourd? Sounds very interesting.
September 4th, 2008 at 2:42 amVaradpacchey, gardudya kheeri bhaari ruchi dista! U make it differently! Happy Chaturthi to you and family !
September 4th, 2008 at 3:26 amHmm..I’ve never had this before inspite of being from Karnataka. Should try one day.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:32 amVardpachi, adding milk instead of coconut milk is new to me. Helps when you are run out of coconut milk or on a day when you do not want to extract milk out of fresh coconut.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:20 amthis would be awesome with coconut milk. i’d love to try this.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:37 amGreat way to have this vegetable..
September 4th, 2008 at 12:02 pmVow….a sweet entry…..i havent tasted or tried this ever…since u have tried, i hope it would be definitely good.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:17 pmHi,
this is totally new dish for me, though i have tasted halwa of this.
i checked ur recipe of bottle-gourd burfi. so before grating do u need to take out the soft part with seedds in it completely? (I think yes but still want to confirm)please let me know.
Shilpa: Yes, remove seeds.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:19 pmA sweet dish made with bottle gourd. I have learnt something new.
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September 4th, 2008 at 10:13 pmWishing you and your family a very happy ganesha chaturthi! bottle gourd must’ve been great..thanks for the recipe..
September 5th, 2008 at 12:32 amwe can prepare gardudde halwa same as carrot halwa. i knew that but payas,good a new recipie . i will try it today
September 5th, 2008 at 6:12 amhi varada pachi,
September 17th, 2008 at 4:00 pmtried ur bottlegourd sweetdish yesterday. my lil one liked it a lot. thanks for the recipe.