This tasty plus easy to make recipe made of Ghiya or Lauki is a very lite dish, good for digestion and low in calorie. It’s ideal to have it during summers with rice Ingredients: (Serving 4)
Bottle Gourd ( Lauki) 750gms
Fresh Curd 750gms
Shahi jeera (caraway) 1tsp
Salt 1 tap or as per taste
3 Cloves
Cumin Seed Powder 1tsp
Cinnamon (Dalchini) 1" inch stick
Fennel seed Powder (Saunf) 2 tsp
Garam masala ½ tsp
Ginger Powder (Saunth) ½ tsp
3 Green Cardamoms
1 Black Cardamoms
Oil
Water
Method:
Peel and cut Bottle Gourd ( Lauki) in big cube size pieces.
Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the Lauki pieces till they are golden brown.
After frying take out the pieces of Lauki and keep them aside.
In the remaining oil (You can take out the excess oil if you want before preparation of gravy)add Shahi Jeera and cloves.
As soon it splatters add the fried Lauki in it.
Now pour 1 ½ glass of water.
Add the other grounded spices now – Fennel seed powder, Cumin seed powder, Ginger powder and salt. Mix all these properly.
Cover up the pan and keep it to cook for 10 min on medium flame.
After this remove the cover and add the Yoghurt (Curd), powder of Cinnamon, powder of Green & Black Cardamom.
