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.
Mahi says
Interesting curry! Never tried bottle gourd side dish for poori!
Nupur UK Rasoi says
I remember having this Curry, or something similar once in a small south Indian restaurant in Delhi and I was really impressed with it. But never got a chance to have it again and totally forgot about it, good you posted this... Book marked ! 🙂
Priya Suresh says
Never served poori with bottlegourd, interesting kura..
Pavani N says
One of my favorite sorakaya curry. I don't make it often because my husband doesn't like milk based dishes.. Good idea to pair it with pooris.. Yummy combo..
Veena Theagarajan says
looks perfect..I do this also
Preety says
interesting recipe.
Torviewtoronto says
delicious flavours lovely presentation
Akila says
Wow never know that it can be cooked with milk...
SJs Food Court says
I hate bottle gourd! 🙁 Will definitely try this one if it works... Thanks for giving one option to me...
Shree says
ur curry looks really tempting!