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    Home » Curry Recipes

    Last Updated: July 17, 2020 | First Published on: November 19, 2009 by Hari Chandana Ponnaluri

    Sorakaya Aavapettina Koora

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    Ingredients :
    medium sized bottle gourd
    Mustard seeds - 1tsp
    Urad dal - 1tsp
    Bengal gram - 1tsp
    Mustard powder - 2 tsps
    Red chilli powder - ½ tsp
    A pinch of turmeric powder
    Salt to taste
    Curry leaves
    Oil

    Method :
    Wash and peel the bottle gourd and cut into small pieces. heat two teaspoons of oil in a vessel. Add mustard seeds, bengal gram, urad dal. When they start to splutter add curry leaves and bottle gourd pieces & fry it. Now add turmeric powder, salt and sprinkle little water. mix well, cover with a lid. Let it cook completely. When it's done, add red chilli powder and stir well. Remove from the flame and add mustard powder. Mix well. Serve hot with rice.

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    1. sowmya.s says

      November 21, 2009 at 6:21 am

      nevr tried dried version for bottlegourd..sounds good...

      Reply
    2. Nandini says

      November 28, 2009 at 1:20 pm

      Wow! Looks delicious!

      Reply
    3. shilpa says

      December 01, 2009 at 5:30 am

      wow nice curry ...looking so good ..chnadu today ill try this curry..

      regards,
      shilpa

      Reply
    4. Faith says

      December 03, 2009 at 1:11 am

      This dish sounds so flavorful and delicious! Lovely pic too!

      Reply
    5. Malar Gandhi says

      December 06, 2009 at 10:32 pm

      Koora sounds delicious, looks spicy too:)

      Reply
    6. Usha says

      December 06, 2009 at 10:26 pm

      Very interesting curry ! Looks lovely...

      Reply
    7. workhard says

      December 19, 2009 at 6:08 pm

      I guess Koora means lauki.. That looks very delicious..

      Work from home India

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    8. Bharathy says

      December 29, 2009 at 3:43 pm

      Lovely homely recipe, Hari 🙂

      Reply
    9. Padhu says

      December 29, 2009 at 4:03 pm

      I love this simple sabji .It is my favourite.
      Do drop by
      http://padhuskitchen.blogspot.com/ if time permits

      Reply
    10. jayasri says

      December 30, 2009 at 10:54 pm

      That's a lovely simple subzi, and looks so beautiful in your click, I might have missed some of your recipes as I was not blogging for some time now, but, I came here to wish you and your family a wonderful new year ahead, love to see lot more recipes in 2010, let the new year bring all the happiness

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