Description
Doodhi (lauki/ghiya) ki sabzi is a simple, delicious, lightly spiced onion-tomato base recipe. This nutritious, low-calorie lauki vegetable is a great vegetable option to loose weight. It can be serve with any Indian flatbreads like roti or side with dal-rice. You must try this one!
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Ingredients
- 500 grams bottle gourd (lauki)
- 1–2 tablespoons mustard oil
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon ginger, grated
- 2 tomatoes, roughly diced
- 2 green chilli, finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- ½ teaspoon coriander powder
- ½ teaspoon kashmiri red chilli powder
- ¼ teaspoon garam masala
- Salt to taste
- Fresh green coriander and mint leaves to garnish
Instructions
- Wash, peel the bottle gourd and chop it in small pieces. Set them aside.
- In a pressure cooker, heat the oil on medium heat.
- Add cumin seeds and let them crackle.
- Then add grated ginger and onion.
- Saute for a few minutes on low heat.
- Now add the tomatoes, green chilli, and spice powders (turmeric powder, kashmiri red chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala and salt to taste).
- Mix well and saute for a minute until tomatoes become soft and mushy.
- Add the lauki pieces.
- Combine well. Add 1/4 cup water.
- Cover the pan with a lid. Cook on high flame for about 2-3 whistles until the lauki is soft.
- Once cooked, turn off the flame.
- Allow the whistle to release on its own.
- Transfer the lauki sabzi in a serving bowl and garnish with fresh chopped green coriander and mint leaves.
- Serve along with phulkas and mint raita.
Notes
- Always choose fresh and tender bottle gourd instead of using hard bottle gourd which takes a longer time to cook and doesn’t taste very good.
- Do not add more water as lauki being a water based vegetable will release lots of water of its own. You can add some more water if you want a thin gravy. If you want to make a dry version then don’t need to add water, just cover the lid after adding bottle gourd.
- You can adjust the amount of spices as per the taste.
- If you need, you can mix chopped potatoes with lauki and lauki aloo ki sabji will get ready.
- Category: Main course
- Cuisine: North Indian
Keywords: Bottle Gourd Recipe, How to make Doodhi (Lauki) ki Sabji, Lauki Tamator, Easy Lunch Recipe, Lauki Masala