Lauki Bahar

This is vegan and gluten free, very delicious and finger licking main course dish.  Lauki is bottle gourd in English.

Ingredients 

300 grams Lauki - peeled & cubed
1 Teaspoon Ginger Garlic paste
1 Medium Onions - chopped
2 Medium Tomatoes - chopped
1 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds
1 Green Chilies - Chopped
1 Teaspoon Chili Powder or to your spice level
¼ Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
1 Teaspoon Coriander Powder 

Salt to taste
Coriander Leaves to garnish
2 Tablespoons Oil
Method

Heat oil in a pressure pan , add cumin seeds, chopped onions and green chilies, fry till onions are light golden. Add ginger garlic with chopped tomatoes ,salt and spices. Add lauki  fry on high flame for  2 minutes stirring continuously
or till  the lauki reduces to half the quantity.  Then add 2 tablespoons of water, stir it, cover with the lid  and cook on medium high flame for 2 whistles. 
Let the steam settle.  Open the cooker, give it a stir. 
Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and enjoy with roti or chapatti.  
Lables : Bottle Gourd, Lauki, Pressure Cooker, Multicooker Monday, Main course, Vegan, Gluten free

6 comments:

  1. Perfect Meatless Monday meal. Thanks Sneha.

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  2. Love seeing all your recipes, and this looks so good.

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  3. That sounds delicious and it's so pretty in that dish!

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  4. Bottle gourd is also known as calabash. I don't have your bottle shaped ones but I did get two large patty pan squash in my farm box last week that I think could make a good substitute!

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  5. This sounds so beautifully spiced and warming!

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