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Lauki halwa with toned milk - can this sweet really be light?

Lauki halwa with toned milk - can this sweet really be light?

Classic lauki halwa hides about 300 kcal in a small katori, because the ghee, sugar and rich milk do the work, not the watery lauki. Swap in toned milk, less ghee and less sugar, and the same katori drops to roughly 160 kcal.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Lauki halwa sounds like a saint. The bottle gourd is almost all water. It is barely 14 calories per 100 grams. So why does one small katori still cost you over 300 calories? The ghee, the sugar and the rich milk do the heavy lifting. Let's see where the calories really live. Then we cut them in half with toned milk and a lighter hand.

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