Bottle gourd /lauki/Doodhi / Ghiya is a summer special vegetable and made regularly at most of the houses specially in Uttar Pradesh. Lauki is mild in taste and easy to digest and it helps to cure flatulence and acidity.
It is diuretic in nature and help maintain water level of the body.Very good for heart health and extremely effective in jaundice. Bottle gourd juice helps to control blood pressure and helps reducing body weight.So its advised to use bottlegourd/lauki on everyday basis through out the summer.
Ingredients600 gms Bottle Gourd / Lauki
3/4 cup Moong daal mangodi
1 cup Tomato / Tamatar
2 Green chili/hari mirch
1.5 tsp Ginger / Adrak
3/4 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
1/2 tsp Red chili powder
1 tsp Coriander Powder / Dhaniya Powder
2 tbsp Lemon Juice / Nimbu Ka Ras
4 tbsp Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya
to taste Salt / Namak
Tempering3 tbsp Clarified Butter / Desi Ghee *
1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
2 Dried Red Chilli, Whole
Method* Wash ,peel and chop the bottle gourd in small pieces.
* Heat ghee in the pressure cooker and add cumin,whole red chili and the mangodi and saute on medium heat till become golden in color.
* Now add green chili ,tomato and asafoetida and the spices- salt,red chili powder,turmeric,coriander powder and mix well.
* Add water to cover the vegetable mix( approx. 1 inch above the level,or you can add more or less water as per your preference)
* Now pressure cook it for 3-4 whistles or till it cooked well and bottle gourd become soft.
* Open the cooker and add chopped ginger and give it a boil.
* Add lemon juice and fresh coriander and mix well.
* Serve hot with chapati or jeera rice.