Bottle gourd / lauki ka raita

 Ingredients

 1 cup Bottle gourd /(doodhi / lauki), grated

3 cup Yoghurt / curd

2-3 nos Green Chilies, chopped

3/4 tsp Roasted Cumin powder / Jeera powder

few Coriander leaves, chopped

Salt to taste

to temper

1/2 tsp Mustard seeds

1-2 broken Red Chili, Broken

few Curry Leaves

1 tsp Oil

 

Method

Beat yoghurt in a bowl and set aside.

Peel , de seed and grate bottle gourd

Add a pinch of salt , 1/4- 1/2 cup water and boil the grated bottle gourd . 

Simmer and cook till lauki softens . Let it cool a bit before adding it to yoghurt .If you have lot of extra water as left over , drain and keep aside . You can use this water to some other dish .

Prepare a tempering . Splutter mustard seeds in oil . Add red chili and curry leaves . Switch off .

In a bowl mix boiled bottle gourd , chili , coriander leaves , cumin powder , tempering with yoghurt. Stir gently.

Serve bottle gourd raita with rice / pulao/ chapathi / biriyani etc

 

Notes

If you want you can add little chopped onion too

 

Use lauki as soon as peeled else it will turn black .

 

 

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