Sorakkai Kootu - Bottle gourd curry recipe

• Bottle gourd (sorakkai) - small one
• Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
• Jeera – 1 tsp
• Green chillies – 2  
• Curd – 1 cup (instead of curd you can add cooked smashed moong dal)
• Coconut gratings – 2 tsp

• Oil - 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds -1 tsp
• Urad dal – 1 tsp
• Red Chillies - 2
• Asafoetida Powder - a pinch
• Curry leaves - few
• Salt to taste

• Remove the skin and big seeds, cut the white portion into small cubes.
• In a mixer grinder add coconut, green chillies and jeera grind fine paste.
• Mix the curd well and keep aside. 
• Heat the oil in a pan,  add mustard, urad, turmeric powder, red Chillies,  asafoetida, curry leaves, saute for a min, then add sorakkai pieces and  salt saute for 3 mints and then add sufficient water just to cover the vegetable.
• Cook till the sorakkai (bottle gourd) is soft.
• Now add the grounded paste and mix well. In a low flame allow to boil for 5 mints and add the curd (instead of curd you can add cooked smashed moong dal), stir well and remove.  (If u add moong dal allow to boils few mints and remove)
• Serve the tasty Sorakkai (Bottle gourd) Kootu with rice and chappathi, dosa too.
• Enjoy the taste of south Indian lunch recipes.

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