Stuffed Bottle Gourd or Courgettes - 2
This dish can be made using ordinary bottle gourd or marrow or large courgettes (tori/turai). Serves 4-6 Cut it into half lengthways and blanch in boiling, salted water for 2-3 minutes. Drain and cool under cold water to stop it cooking ... [... more]
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Bottle Gourd Curry with Lentil Dumpling
Bottle gourd is one of my younger daughter Neeta's (and mine) favourite vegetables. Addition of fiery hot'Bari or Lentil Dumpling' to it gives this dish a rather exotic taste. The sound 'ri' of bari is pronounced somewhere between a 'd' and an ... [... more]
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Bottle Gourd in Raita (Yoghurt) - 2
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. Boil lauki/gourd in salted water for five minutes, drain water. Squeeze to get rid of as much water as you can. Keep ... [... more]
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Ridged or Smooth Indian Gourd Curry 2
Courgettes are one of my favourite vegetables. This is a simple and quick way of cooking them. Also see Courgette Curry 2, Stuffed Courgettes or Stuffed Sweet Gourds. Serves 4-6. Skin of Indian courgette or Tori is hard and has to be peeled ... [... more]
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Tinda Gourd, Stuffed (Dry Curry)
Slice the tops off the tindas. There is no need to peel fresh, tender gourds. But if they are not fresh looking, peel off skin. Scoop out the flesh and chop it finely. If seeds are hard, discard. Blanch the shells and tops for one minute in ... [... more]
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Bitter Gourd Bhaji with Tamarind (Dry Curry)
Bitter Gourd or Bitter melon or Karela fruit, botanical name Momordica charantia, is a tropical vegetable, very popular in India and China. Chinese Karela looks less spiky than the Indian one, it is lighter in colour and it is perhaps a little ... [... more]
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Paratha or Dhebra, Bottle Gourd
This is a delicious paratha from Gujrat region of India. Lauki is also known as 'bottle gourd' or 'Indian sweet gourd' or 'dudhi'. It is light green in colour and belongs to the marrow family. Makes approx 15. Peel and grate lauki/dudhi. Squeeze ... [... more]
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Stuffed Bottle Gourd or Courgettes - 1
Stuffing or filling makes a vegetable rather special. You can stuff any vegetable that can be hollowed out for a filling, without disintegrating completely. Lauki is also known as 'Indian sweet gourd', 'sweet gourd' or 'dudhi'. Tori is also known ... [... more]
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Snake Gourd Bhaji (Dry Curry) , North Indian
Heat oil in a pan and when hot add cumin, asafetida and whole chillies. As soon as cumin seeds crackle, add ginger and garlic, stir-fry for a few seconds. Add snake gourd, salt and all the spice. Cover and cook on low heat until gourd is ... [... more]
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Bottle Gourd Koftae Curry
These koftas are easy to make and taste nice by themselves, as starters, or in a curry sauce. This recipe can be used for making koftae from courgettes, carrots or any other vegetable of choice. Serve 6-8 Add inions to bottle gourd. Pick handfuls ... [... more]
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Snake Gourd Bhaji (Dry Curry), South Indian Style
Heat oil in a pan and when hot add mustard seeds. When they crackle, add urad dal, red chilles, curry leaves, onion slices and stir-fry until onion is light golden brown in color. Add sliced gourd, salt, sambar/curry powder, coconut. Stir, cover ... [... more]
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Bottle Gourd Curry
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 ... [... more]
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