Lauki Kofta Curry is a delicious Indian gravy dish which mainly comprises of two parts - Gravy made from onion tomato base & dumplings made from mixture of Bottlegourd, gram flour & flavored with spices
I was introduced to the Lauki ka halwa / Doodhi ka halwa. Before that I had no idea what else could be done with the humble lauki other than a curry / torkari or a raita
I never used to like BottleGourd eventually I acquired a taste for it and started having Ghiya sabzi with Onions and tomatoes and yes of course I like these Ghiya Parathas which I made recently these are not on healthy but flavorful as well
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I think many might have known this recipe as Lauki ki Kofta, you know, some may follow a different recipe for making gravy from what I've described here
It's a simple curry with bottlegourd/ lauki and spicy ground coconut paste. I usually par cook my bottlegourd in the microwave to expedite the cooking process
For today's idli I have used Kuthiraivali ( Barnyard Millet ) rava and sorakkai/bottlegourd. Take the millet rava in a bowl, grate the bottlegourd in a fine grater
Take lauki, cut it in half, scoop the flesh. This is a gravy which i made using bottlegourd and this vegetable is particularly very good for you, it is good for weightloss and has many benefits in them
Take bottlegourd, and all the ingredients mentioned in a pot, cover with water, Bring it to a boil, simmer the pot and cook on a low heat till dal is cooked
Usually, we use a sambar powder which is prepared in bulk and stored, but for today's bottlegourd sambar I am using a freshly prepared masala, which makes it more flavorful
Bottlegourd in english is gar-doodhi in konkani and Lauki in marati and Sorekayi in kannada is a vegetable very sweet and is either long or round in its shape which is supposed to be loaded with lot of medicinal value, but not at all popular veggie at all and the black eyed peas we call it Alasande bee in konkani and Alsande beeja in kannada
-), and last week she gave me a large Lauki (Bottlegourd) with a challenge to try recipes using it, knowing that it is not a very common vegetable from where I come from originally
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