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Gil-E-Firdaus

Sweet rice preparation with bottle gourd (lauki) and garnished with almonds and rose petals. This recipe is from FoodFood TV channel

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Gil-E-Firdaus

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Main Ingredients Rice, Bottle gourd
Cuisine Hyderabadi
Course Desserts
Prep Time 26-30 minutes
Cook time 26-30 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Sweet
Level of Cooking Moderate
Others Veg

Ingredients list for Gil-E-Firdaus

  • 5 tablespoons Rice soaked
  • 250 grams Bottle gourd grated
  • 2 tablespoons Pure ghee
  • 5 cups Milk
  • 100 grams Khoya/mawa grated
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 10 Almonds sliced
  • a few Dried rose petals
  • a few drops Rose essence

Method

  1. Heat ghee in a non-stick pan, add lauki and sauté for 3-4 minutes. Add 5 cups milk and mix and let the milk boil on low heat, stirring frequently.
  2. Drain the rice and grind coarsely to a semolina like consistency. Add the ground rice to the milk and mix well. Cook, stirring, till rice is soft. Add khoya and mix well.
  3. Add sugar and mix well. Add most of the almonds, a few dry rose petals and a few drops of rose essence. Mix well and cook for 1 minute.
  4. Pour into individual earthenware bowls (kasore) and sprinkle the remaining almonds and a few rose petals. Serve at room temperature or chilled.

Nutrition Info

Calories 645
Carbohydrates 68.9
Protein 19.7
Fat 25.8
Other Fiber 0.9
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