Lauki Sabzi Recipe
Create a nutritious and straightforward lauki sabzi using bottle gourd, curry leaves, and minimal spices. It serves as an ideal accompaniment for your roti or dal-rice.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons Oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 1 Green chili finely chopped
- 10-12 Curry leaves
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- a pinch or ⅛ teaspoon Hing (Asafoetida)
- 500 grams or 4 cups Lauki (bottle gourd or dudhi) peeled and chopped
- Salt to taste
- ½ teaspoon Garam masala
- 1 tablespoon Cilantro or coriander leaves chopped finely
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a pan or kadai on medium heat. Once hot add mustard seeds and let them splutter.
- Add cumin seeds and let them sizzle a bit.
- Add green chilies and curry leaves. Saute for 30 seconds.
- Add hing and turmeric powder, and mix.
- Immediately add chopped lauki and salt. Mix well.
- Cover the pan with a lid and cook until lauki is soft and tender. Do stir once or twice in between. Lauki has a lot of moisture, so while cooking it leaves some water so there are fewer chances that sabzi will stick to the bottom of the pan.
- Once cooked, add garam masala and chopped cilantro.
- Mix well, turn off the stove and lauki ki sabji is ready to serve.
Notes
- To make it gluten-free, skip adding hing. Or buy the pure hing and grind it into powder at home yourself.
- Adjust the spice level: If you follow the recipe, you’ll get the mild-flavored lauki sabzi. To increase the spice level increase the number of green chilies here. Or you can add some red chili powder. However red chili powder will alter the taste and flavor of the sabzi.
Nutrition
Calories: 119kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 1gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gSodium: 54mgPotassium: 174mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 144IUVitamin C: 69mgCalcium: 62mgIron: 1mg
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