Lauki ki Bhujia
This is made by stir frying grated bottle gourd or lauki and flavoured with spices.
Servings: 4 People
Ingredients
- 1 ½ Bottle Gourd (Lauki) Medium size
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 ½ tbsp Coriander Powder
- 1 tbsp Red Chilli Powder
- ½ tbsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- ¼ tsp Aamchur/ Dry mango powder
- ½ tsp Asafoetida/ Hing
- ½ Onion sliced thin
- 1 Tomato finely chopped
- 2 Green Chili Slits
- 2 tbsp Coriander leaves finely chopped
Instructions
- Peel the outer skin of Lauki and grate with help of grater.
- Take two glasses of water in one saucepan and add ½ tsp salt. Boil the grated bottle gourd in saucepan for 5 minutes till they are cooked.
- Strain out the water with help of a colander.
- Heat oil in a pan. add hing, cumin seeds. Let them crackle. Then add chopped garlic and ginger. saute for a minute. Add onion and saute till translucent. Then add chopped tomatoes.
- Cook till tomatoes are soft. Then add coriander powder, chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt to it. Mix and saute for a minute.
- Squeeze out boiled lauki to get rid of excess liquids. (before adding them to the pan)
- Add boiled lauki to it and mix well. Saute for 2 - 3 minutes more till all spices are incorporated into lauki.
- In the end add ¼ tsp dry mango powder (aamchur) and mix well.
- Turn off the gas. Add garam masala. Lauki Bhujia is ready to serve.
- Serve hot with any kind of breads (roti/ paratha).
Notes
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