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Ingredients
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Quantity
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Bottle gourd (round)
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1 (500gms)
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Mawa
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225gms
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Almonds
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60gms
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Pistachio nuts
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60gms
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Rose essence
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a few drops
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Sugar
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1 kg
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Peel gourd. Cut off top part and scoop out seeds. Mix
together part of the sugar, mawa and sliced nuts. Stuff the gourd. Put back the
lid and tie down. To prevent stuffing from falling out. Make a thin syrup with
remaining sugar and water. Cook the stuffed gourd in the sugar syrup till soft.
Add rose essence. When cold lift out the gourd and place on a sliver plate.
Decorate gourd with silver paper. Colour the rose syrup to a pale pink. Pour
over the gourd.
