lauki curry

Ingredients:

1 cup chopped lauki

1/2 cup capsicum chopped
1 Tbsp fresh or frozen peas
1 onion, chopped
1 green chili, finely chopped
1 Tbsp skim yoghurt
1 inch of ginger crushed
1/2 tsp each of red chili powder, turmeric powder & garam masala
Salt to taste
1 Tbsp coriander, finely chopped
1 Tbsp olive oil
1/2 cup water
Preparation:

Mix all the spices in yoghurt. Take oil in a non-stick pan and heat it. Add spices
and stir for about 4 minutes until oil separates.
Mix all the spices in yoghurt. Take oil in a non-stick pan and heat it. Add spices
and stir for about 4 minutes until oil separates.
Add lauki, peas, capsicum and stir for 2 minutes. Add water and cook on medium heat
for a few minutes until lauki becomes tender.
Garnish with corriander.
Serve with roti, bread or rice.

MASALEDAR NARIYAL LAUKI RECIPE

Ingredients:

1" ginger(adrak)
3 tblsp onions chopped
1 cup coconut (narial) scraped
1" cinnamon (dalchini)
a pinch asafoetida (hing)
8-10 peppercorns (kali mirch)
2 tblsp oil
1 1/2 tblsp tamarind (imli) pulp
4 - 6 cloves
3 red chillies whole
1 tsp turmeric (haldi) powder
1 tsp mustard seeds (rai)
8 - 10 curry leaves
2 tblsp coriander seeds
1 tblsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1 medium size bottle gourd (lauki,doodhi)
salt (namak) to taste
How to make masaledar nariyal lauki:
Take off and wash lauki. Cut into 3/4 " cubes.
Dry roast coriander and cumin seeds.
Make a paste of roasted cumin seeds, coriander seeds, peeled ginger, garlic, whole
red chillies, peppercorns, cloves, cinnamon, turmeric powder and scraped coconut.
(reserve one tblsp of scraped coconut for garnish.). Keep the paste aside.
Heat up oil in a pan.
Mix in asafoetida and mustard seeds.
Once they begin to crackle, mix in curry leaves and cut onions.
Stir fry for two minutes and mix in lauki.
Stir fry for 5 minutes. mix in the masala and coconut paste, dissolved in 11/2 cup
of water. Stir and bring it to a boil.
Dissolve tamarind pulp in water if it is too thick.
Mix in to the gravy. Add salt and mix well.
Serve hot decorated with grated coconut.