Lauki ka Stew / Bottle Gourd Stew

lauki ka stew / bottle gourd stew 

It is a simple, tasty and healthy stew of bottle ground with whole spices flavoured coconut milk.

Ingredients

Diced bottle gourd                     ½ kg

Diced parboiled potato               1 no.

Coconut milk                             2 cups

Green cardamom                       4 nos.

Cinnamon stick                         1 no.

Black peppercorn                       few

Cloves                                      4 – 5 nos.

Sliced onion                              1 no.

Chopped garlic                          1 tsp

Chopped ginger                         2 tbsp

Green chillies                            3 – 4 nos.

Curry leaves                              10 – 12 nos.

Salt                                          to taste

Oil                                            2 tbsp

Method

Heat oil in a pan, add cardamom, cinnamon, clove, peppercorn seed and sauté.

add spices in hot oil 

Then add onion and stir well until onion pink.

Add curry leaves, green chillies, chopped ginger and garlic and stir well.

saute onion with spices 

Now add diced bottle gourd and potato and cook well.

add diced bottle gourd and parboiled potato 

Then add coconut milk, little water, salt then mix well and cook until done.

add coconut milk