Chickpeas Crowned Bottle Gourd

chickpeas crowned bottle gourd

It is a unique dish made with stuffed crown shape bottle gourd pieces with delicious chickpeas mixture and sear fry in olive and sesame oil.

Ingredients

Bottle gourd                              1

Tomato                                     1

Lemon juice                              2 tsp

For paste

Boiled chickpeas                       1 cup

Roasted peanut                         ½ cup

Peanut powder                          3 - 4 tbsp

Green chillies finely chopped      3 tbsp

Black pepper powder                  to taste

Salt                                          to taste

Olive oil                                     3 – 4 tsp

For frying

Sesame oil                                3 – 4 tsp

Olive oil                                     2 – 3 tsp

Grated cheese                           2 tbsp

Black pepper powder                  2 tsp

For garnish

Peanut powder                         

Chopped green chillies

Lettuce leave chopped

Black pepper powder

Method

First peel the bottle gourd and cut in 1 and ½ inches thick pieces.

Then scoop the pieces and give crown shape to all pieces.

give the shape of crown on bottle gourd 

Then blanch the bottle gourd pieces and tomato with salt and lemon juice.

blanch the bottle gourd and tomato

Now take a mixer and add boiled chickpeas, peanut powder, seem seeds, chopped chillies, salt, black pepper powder, olive oil and make a paste.

prepare chickpeas mixture 

Now heat olive and sesame oil in a pan, add the prepare chick peas paste and stir.

add chickpeas mixture in oil

Then add grated cheese and mix well, if required then add little water and mix well and remove in a bowl and let it comes in room temperature.

add grated cheese and mix 

Then stuff the blanched bottle gourd pieces with this chickpeas mixture.

stuff the bottle gourd

Take out the blanched tomato skin and keep aside and slice the tomato and place on serving plate.

blanched tomato slices 

Heat olive and sesame oil in a pan add tomato skin, pepper powder.

blanched tomato skin in sesame olive oil

Then place the stuffed bottle gourd on this oil and cook for a while then sprinkle lemon juice on them.

sear fry the stuffed bottle gourd 

Remove and place on serving plate on serving plate.

Garnish with peanut powder, chopped green chillies, black pepper powder, chopped lettuce leaves.

garnish the chickpeas crowned bottle gourd