Dahi wali Lauki ki sabji recipe I 5 मिनट में दही वाली लौकी की ऐसी सब्जी की उंगलियां चाटते रह जाओगे I Lauki ki sabji l लौकी की सब्जी

Dahi Wali Lauki: Bottle Gourd Yogurt Curry j दही लौकी करी (Dahi Lauki curry recipe 

Bottle gourd wedges shallow-fried and simmered in spices flavored yogurt curry. An exotic dahi wali lauki that use onion, garlic ginger.This is unique spices flavour veritable dahi wall lauki

Dahi wali lauki _Curd vegetable is a unique vegetable that we make by mixing the gourd with spices and adding curd in it by layering. It is a very good value of spices fragrance vegetable,The curd gourd vegetable is delighted in tastes that it is easy to eat without eating it.

Ingredients :

Bottle gourd – 250 grams

Plain yogurt – 500 gm 

Salt – to taste

Cumin seeds powder roasted  – 1/2 teaspoon

Coriander powder – 1 teaspoon

Red chili powder – 1 teaspoon

Turmeric powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Gram masala 1/2 tbsp 

Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp 

Onion chopped 1 peace

Coriander leaves – 1 tablespoon, chopped

Tadka spices-

Whole red chilli  6 peace 

Curry leaf as required 

Cumin seed 1/2 tbsp 

Refine oil – 1/2 bowl  for cooking the spices + more for shallow-frying

How To Make Dahi Wali Lauki:

1. Prepare the ingredients

Peel the bottle gourd, trim the ends. Cut into thin wedges round shape.

How to make bottle gourd wedges: Slice the bottle gourd into round thin cylinders. Halve each cylinder round shape wheel, then cut thin slice each half as if along the wheel.

Keep the yogurt unrefrigerated for 1-2 hours before you plan to make dahi wali lauki [cold yogurt tends to curdle when heated]. 

Shallow-fry the bottle gourd

Heat a wide non-stick pan with a thin coating of  3 tbsp oil. When hot, place the bottle gourd wedges in a single layer. [If the pan does not accommodate all the bottle gourd, cook in batches.]

Shallow-fry on high heat till the surface of the bottle gourd facing the heat has browned a bit.

Flip the wedges over and let the other side brown as well.

When cooked on both sides, remove the bottle gourd wedges from the pan and set aside.

Heat the 2 tbsp oil in pan and add chopped onion and shaallow fry 

Add ginger garlic paste and roast for few minutes. 

Add garam masala cumin seed powder, coriander,salt to taste, turmeric, red chilli powder. and kasuri methi and some water and stir a little.

Add the fry gourd and mix it well in the spices.

Add a cup of water, mix it well and keep it covered for 10 minutes to cook.

After cooking the gourd well, keep it to cool for 10 minutes.

The gourd vegetable has cooled down, now let's start layering  the vegetable and curd twice in the bowl and add coriander leaves from above.

Tadaka preparation-

Heat the pan, add two teaspoons of oil and make red tempering by adding red mirch cumin seeds.

Put the tempering in the curd gourd vegetable.

Curd gourd vegetable is ready, now enjoy it chapati rice or non or paratha.

It is such a unique vegetable recipe that you will never forget after eating it and you will fall in love with it, you will ask for it again and again

SAFINA KHAN