Gil e firdaus
Gil e firdaus, from above
VegHyderabad, Telangana

Gil e firdaus

Bottle gourd and rice cooked in rich milk with khoa and nuts. Hyderabad's 'clay of paradise'.

75 minTime
10 gProtein each
mildSpice
Clay of paradise1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayLauki and rice in khoa rich milk.
The original
371kcalsame
10 gproteinsame
1 gfibresame
75minutessame

Classic gil e firdaus.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Bottle gourd (opo squash, calabash)2 cups, peeled and grated
Rice2 tbsp, soaked and coarsely ground
Milk5 cups, full cream
Khoa½ cup
Sugar¾ cup
Fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream)¼ cup
Ghee2 tsp
Almonds2 tbsp, slivered
Pistachios1½ tbsp
Cardamom½ tsp
Kewra watera few drops

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Squeeze the grated gourd and saute in ghee 5 minutes.
  2. 2Simmer milk 15 minutes, add the ground rice and cook until thick.
  3. 3Add the gourd and simmer until soft, then sugar and crumbled khoa.
  4. 4Stir in cream, nuts, cardamom and kewra.
Serve it like this

Serve chilled in a glass bowl with nuts and a few rose petals on top.

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