Ingredients

• 4 cups - ash gourd, peeled and grated
• 1/2 cup - dates, finely chopped
• 2 cups - sugar
• 1/2 cup - ghee
• 1/2 tsp - cardamom powder

How to Make Ash Gourd and Date Burfi

• Lightly squeeze the grated ash gourd.
• Reserve the juice.
• Grind the dates adding some of the juice to a fine paste.
• Heat the ghee in a thick kadai.
• Add grated ash gourd and cook stirring for 3-5 minutes.
• Add the date paste, sugar and remaining juice.
• Cook stirring till the mixture forms a thick lump that comes away from the side of the kadai.
• To test, take a tsp of the mixture and drop on a small plate.
• Rub with the back of the spoon.
• If the mixture can be shaped into a ball that does not stick to the fingers and is fairly firm, the result is right.
• If not, cook for some more time. During the testing, remove the kadai from fire.
• Add cardamom powder.
• Mix well and pour the mixture in a greased "thali."
• Cool till its firm and cut into pieces.