Doreen is the elder sister of my nephew's wife and she has sent me this recipe from her home in Himanchal Pradesh in India.
Lauki or Dudhi or Ghia, botanical name Lagenaria siceraria, is a North Indian Sweet Gourd, also known as Bottle Gourd, White-flowered gourd and Calabash gourd. It is from Cucurbitaceae or cucumber family and it is light green in colour. It's texture is a bit firmer than the Western marrow. When fully mature, it’s fibrous texture is used as Loofah - Mamta. Serves 4-6
| Like this recipe on Facebook |
Ingredients
| • | 250 gm. fresh yoghurt or dahi |
| • | 1 cup grated fresh sweet gourd/lauki/ghiya, peeled and coarsely grated |
| • | 1 tsp. roast cumin, coarsely ground |
| • | 1 level tsp salt, adjust to taste |
| • | A large pinch of freshly ground black pepper |
| • | 1 green chilli, thinly sliced (not de-seeded) |
| • | 1 tbsp. chopped mint or coriander leaves |
Instructions
| 1. | Beat yoghurt, to make it smooth. |
| 2. | Boil lauki/gourd in salted water for five minutes, drain water. Squeeze to get rid of as much water as you can. Keep aside. |
| 3. | To roast cumin, dry roast it on tava or griddle, till it is brown and starts crackling. Remove and coarsely crush with a rolling pin or in a mortar. |
| 4. | Add boiled gourd, salt, crushed jeera, black pepper and green chilli to yoghurt and mix. |
| 5. | Place in a serving bowl and garnish with fresh coriander and/or mint leaves. |
| 6. | Serve chilled with Indian meal. You can also serve it as a dip, with tiny Nan breads or Tandoori roti squares. |
Notes
| • | Also see Raita Selection. |
To print this recipe, open our printer-friendly version in a new browser window. Once you have printed the recipe, close the new window to return to this page.
If you have any comments or questions about this recipe, please post them to our Discussion Board, including the recipe name.
| Like Mamta's Kitchen on Facebook |
Content copyright ©2001-2013 Mamta Gupta and F² Limited. (All rights reserved. No copying without permission.)
Layout and design ©2001-2013 F² Limited. (All rights reserved. No copying without permission.)
Hosted by Clook Internet
All comments and queries to webmaster@mamtaskitchen.com
