Bottle Gourd In Curd Gravy- Dahi Wali Lauki

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.
• Keep it to cook for another 3 to 4 min.

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