Bottle gourd is a water content rich vegetable.This vegetable has a variety of shapes,it can be huge,small,rounded,bottle-shaped or slim.It is rich in vitamin C,K and calcium.It helps in maintaining a healthy heart and brings down bad cholesterol levels.
The juice of bottle gourd is good for diabetic patients as it stabilizes the blood sugar level and maintains blood pressure.And the juice has a cooling effect on your body and keeps your body hydrated especially during summer.
This bottle gourd curry is a famous south Indian recipe especially in TamiNadu(Kongunadu).During summer ,this curry is the best combination with rice for lunch.Let us know the yummy recipe.

Course : Curry
Cuisine : South Indian
Recipe from : My Mom
Serves : 4-5 people

Preparation time : 10 mins
Cooking time : 15 mins
Total time : 25 mins

Ingredients :

For saute:

* Suraikkai/Bottle gourd – 1
* Oil – 1 tbspn
* Mustard seeds -1/2 tsp
* Onion -1
* Green chilli – 1 (as per your spicy level)
* Curry leaves – 1 string
* Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
* Coriander leaves/cilantro to garnish
* Salt to taste
* Water as needed

To Grind :

* Pearl onions/Shallots/Small onions – 10 to 12 nos
* Red chilli – 1 (as per your spicy level)
* Curry leaves – 2 strings
* Corriander seeds – 1 tbspn
* Cumin seeds – 3/4 tbspn
* Pepper seeds – 1/2 tbspn
* Thoor dal – 1/2 tbspn
* Garlic clove – 2 nos
* Water as needed

To Mix:

* Curd – 2 to 3 cups

Preparation Instructions:

1.Peel and wash the bottle gourd,then cut into small cubes.
2.In a pot add cubed bottle gourd, salt and water, let it boil until it cooks well.
3.In the meantime will grind the paste, in a mixer jar add the ingredients (to grind) and grind it to a fine paste.
4.In a kadai or frying pan,heat the oil and then add mustard seeds,onions,curry leaves,green chilli and saute.
5.Then add the grinded paste with turmeric powder,salt and let it cook until the raw smell turns.
6.Add the boiled bottle gourd along with little bit of the boiled water.
7.Let it cook for 2-3 minutes until the paste marinated with bottle gourd.And let it it cool.
8.Whip the curd a little with the help of spoon.
9.Finally mix well the bottle gourd curry and curd together.
10.Ready to serve with plain rice.

Steps In Pictures:

1.Peel and wash the bottle gourd.

2.Cut into small cubes,In a pot add

cubed bottle gourd and salt .

3.Add water to immerse the cubes

and let it boil until it

cooks well.

4.In the meantime will grind the paste,

in a mixer jar add the

ingredients (to grind) .

5.Grind it to a fine paste.

6. In a kadai or frying pan, heat

the oil .

7. Add mustard seeds,onions,curry leaves,

green chilli and saute.

8. Then add the grinded paste .

9. Add turmeric powder and a little salt

along with the paste and let it

cook until the raw smell turns.

10. Add the boiled bottle gourd along

with little bit of the boiled water.

11. Whip the curd a little with the help

of spoon and mix well the bottle gourd

curry and curd together.

12. Ready to serve with plain rice.

Note of the dish :

1. Add water to immerse the bottle gourd cubes only, no need to add excess amount of water,because bottle gourd itself oozes out water.

2. We can use big onion cubes to grind, incase of shallots unavailability.

Try it out upcoming chefs.