Today’s recipe is a very easy and quick curry. A classic recipe of
Andhra Cuisine using the bottle gourd and milk. It has a slight sweet and
spicy taste and goes well with poori or any Indian flat breads. If you
are looking for more bottle gourd recipes then do check Bottle Gourd Raita, Sorakaya kothimeera karam, sorakaya pappu and Sorakaya avapettina kura.
Andhra Cuisine using the bottle gourd and milk. It has a slight sweet and
spicy taste and goes well with poori or any Indian flat breads. If you
are looking for more bottle gourd recipes then do check Bottle Gourd Raita, Sorakaya kothimeera karam, sorakaya pappu and Sorakaya avapettina kura.
Sorakaya Paalu Posina Koora ~ Bottle Gourd Milk Curry Recipe:
Preparation & Cooking Time : 20 mins
Serves: 4 persons
Ingredients:
Chopped Bottle Gourd: 2 cups
Milk: ¼ cup
Rice Flour: 2 tsp
Green Chillies: 3 – 4
Dried Red Chilli: 1
Sugar: 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds: ½ tsp
Urad Dal: ½ tsp
Chana Dal: ½ tsp
Oil: 2 tsp
Curry Leaves: 1 sprig
Turmeric Powder: ¼ tsp
Salt to taste
Method:
1. Heat
oil in a wok, add the mustard seeds, chana dal and urad dal and let
them splutter.
2. Add the chopped green chillies, curry leaves and red
chilli and fry for a couple of seconds.
chilli and fry for a couple of seconds.
3. Then add the bottle gourd
pieces, salt, sugar and turmeric powder and mix.
pieces, salt, sugar and turmeric powder and mix.
4. Sprinkle little water
and cover it with a lid. Cook until pieces are soft.
and cover it with a lid. Cook until pieces are soft.
5. Dilute the rice
flour in little water and add it to the curry. Mix well and let it cook
for another couple of minutes.
flour in little water and add it to the curry. Mix well and let it cook
for another couple of minutes.
6. Then switch off the flame and add the
milk to it. Mix well and serve with poori or roti.
milk to it. Mix well and serve with poori or roti.
Corporate to Kitchen says
The curry looks nice & I have never tried them with puris. Will try these soon as I have one bottle gaurd sitting in the fridge
Uma says
looks good. Yum!