Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, lauki bharta (mashed bottle gourd curry). One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lauki (Bottle gourd) has good amount of water content in it and is healthy vegetable which should be consumed regularly. This Lauki Bharta is easy To begin with the Lauki Bharta Recipe, first peel the lauki/bottle gourd and grate the bottle gourd. Keep this aside, as we proceed to make the masala.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have lauki bharta (mashed bottle gourd curry) using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lauki Bharta (Mashed Bottle Gourd Curry):
- Get 1 medium sized bottle gourd, sliced
- Prepare 2 tbsp. oil
- Take 1 tbsp. ghee
- Make ready 1 tsp. cumin seeds
- Prepare 1/4 tsp. asafoetida
- Prepare 1 onion, chopped
- Take 1 tsp. ginger-garlic paste
- Get 1-2 tomatoes, chopped
- Take 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
- Prepare 1 tsp. roasted cumin powder
- Make ready to taste salt
- Get 1 tbsp. roasted coriander powder
- Get 2 tbsp. coriander leaves, chopped
- Take 1 tsp. garam masala powder
- Take 1 tsp. red chilli powder
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Instructions to make Lauki Bharta (Mashed Bottle Gourd Curry):
- Steam the sliced bottle gourd for 10 minutes or till it turns soft. Blend coarsely and keep aside.
- Heat oil & ghee in a pan. Temper with cumin seeds & asafoetida.
- Add onion and stir fry till light brown.
- Now add the ginger-garlic paste and saute till the raw smell disappears.
- Add the tomatoes and continue to saute till it is nicely mashed.
- Now it is the time to add all the dry spices. Give it a stir. Add the bottle gourd & mix everything well. Saute for 3-4 minutes.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve as a side dish with rice or chapatis.
I am preparing Lauki curry in Instant Pot, however the same recipe can be followed in a stovetop pressure cooker. Start with heating the instant pot in Sauté mode. Add oil, cumin, ginger, garlic and green chillies. Once the garlic has turned golden. Bottlegourd is a very unique vegetable and is liked for its very simplistic and mild flavor.
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