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Recipe: Milanese Risotto

December 31, 2021 13:35 IST

A classic northern Italian dish, Milanese Risotto is traditionally made with meat stock.

Kamini Patel tweaks it to create a vegetarian version that also features a topping: Bottle gourd flower stuffed with ricotta and fried into a fritter.

Photograph: Kind courtesy Aramness

Milanese Risotto

Serves: 2

Ingredients

For the risotto

For the vegetable stock

For the bottle gourd flower stuffed fritter

For the bottle gourd flower stuffing

For the batter for the bottle gourd flower

For the garnish

Method

For the vegetable stock

For the risotto

For the bottle gourd flower fritter stuffing

For the bottle gourd flour fritter batter

To serve

Note: Bottle gourd flowers are difficult to locate and are seasonal. Doodhi or lauki can be grown in a flat/apartment window box garden and you can access your own harvest of flowers :). Alternatively replace with banana flowers. Or batter fry cheese-coated canned artichokes.

Kamini Patel is the food consultant at Aramness lodge at Gir forest, Gujarat.

KAMINI PATEL