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Sorakkai Kootu | Bottle Gourd Kootu | Sorakkai Curry with Dal


Sorakkai Kootu

Bottle gourd / Suraikkai is a well known vegetable in Indian households. This vegetable is known by various names such as lauki, calabash, dhoodhi and ghiya. On consuming this, we get lots of health benefits. First of all it helps to reduce fat. If you are trying to loss weight just sip a cup of lauki juice at empty stomach in the morning. It helps to treat problem related to diarrhoea, constipation etc. the water makes the digestive system free. 

Bottle Gourd Kootu

My Amma used to say that we must add water based vegetables like cucumber, bottle gourd at least once in a week. There are many good reasons to add this in your diet. So I think you will add this in your menu. Hope you will like it. Here goes the recipe...

Ingredients:

Bottle gourd - 1
Toor dal - 1 cup
Green chilli - 6(adjust to spiciness required)
Tomato - 1(small optional)
Asafoetida - a pinch
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Salt - to taste

To Grind:

Coconut - 1 tblspn
Cumin - 1/2 tsp
Red Chilli - 1

To Temper:

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Shallots / Small onion - 1
Curry leaves - a sprig
Oil - 1 tblspn

Method:

Pressure cook toor dal with green chillies, tomato and mash it.

Meanwhile, cut bottle gourd into cubes and cook in boiling water until done.

Once done, add the cooked bottle gourd to the mashed dal and add the ground masala.

Add in turmeric, asafoetida, salt and little water to this and bring it to boil. When bottle gourd is cooked remove from flame.

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. When it starts to crackle add chopped onion and curry leaves. Pour this tempering over the curry.

Serve hot with rice.

Enjoy!

Note:
  • If you want more spicy curry, you can add more red chillies.
  • Do not add too much coconut to this, it may spoil the curry.
Pictorial:
sorakkai kootu ingredients
Keep all your ingredients ready
to pressure cook
In a pressure, take dal, tomato, green chilli, asafoetida, turmeric, onion
add water and pressure cook
Add enough water and cook for 5 whistles
grind coconut
Ground together coconut, cumin and red chilli without adding water
Mash dal
Mash the cooked dal
add ground paste
Add in ground coconut masala
add salt
Add chopped sorakkai and salt
add water
Add enough water and  bring it to boil. When it is cooked remove from flame
pour tempering
Heat oil in a pan and do the tempering and pour over it
Sorakkai Curry with Dal
Serve with rice

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