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Lot of us know to cook bottel gourd in one or two ways to make a fry or some sweet recipe. I should say this is the best recipe i had with Bottle Gourd. Once of my friends who was my roommate too cooked this when we were staying together, I just loved it in the first attempt itself. Bottel gourd with ghee and milk should be a perfect combination to mix with white rice, can also be eaten with Chapathi or roti.

PalSorakai


Sorakkai Paal Curry / Pal Sorakai Poriyal / Bottle Gourd Milk Gravy
 
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
To cook separately :
  • Bottle Gourd - 1 ( Medium )
  • Oil - 1 tsp
  • Salt - to taste
For tempering :
  • Oil - 1 tsp
  • Mustard - ½ tsp
  • Urad dhal - ½ tsp
  • Onion - ½ no
  • Curry Leaves - 1 strand
  • Red Chili Powder - 2 tsp
  • Milk - 1 cup
  • Ghee - 2 tsp
Instructions
PREP:
  1. Peal the bottle gourd skin and chop them in to small pieces.
  2. Use the items in the section "To Cook separately", In a vessel heat the oil, add salt - ½ tsp and the chopped bottle gourd and fry for a minute.
  3. Add water - ¼ cup and cook the bottle gourd. Add less water so that they don't need to be drained when they are cooked.
COOKING:
  1. In a nonstick pan, heat oil, mustard, urad dhal and wait till mustard splutter. Add chopped onion, Curry leaves and fry till onion is translucent. Add Red chili powder and fry for a minute.
  2. Add the cooked bottle gourd and fry for 2 minutes. Add milk, ghee, required salt and allow it to boil, wait till the oil separates and the milk is completely evaporated.

(*) Recipe from one of my friends.