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Bottle Gourd Raita / लौकी का रायता

February 12, 2020December 3, 2019 by admin

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5 from 2 votes

Bottle Gourd Raita / लौकी का रायता

Bottle Gourd is very beneficial for health and also smoothen stomach.

Bottle Gourd raita is very tasty to eat and it is also very easy to make this raita.

Follow the method given below to make Bottle gourd raita …

Course Indian, Main Course

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Servings 2 People

Calories 0.098kcal

Cost 20 rupee

Equipment

Cooker
Bowl
Masher

Ingredients

100 grams Bottle Gourd / Lauki
100 grams Curd / Yogurt / Dahi
1 tsp Cumin Seed / Jeera
1/2 tsp Black Pepper / Kali Mirch
1/4 tsp Salt / Namak

Instructions

Peel the gourd to make gourd raita.
Take a cup of bottle gourd.
Finely chop Bottle gourd into pieces.
Pour the chopped Bottle gourd into the cooker and add half a cup of water.
Add 1/4 teaspoon salt to the cooker.
Close the cooker and wait for 2 whistles to come.
Take a masher.
Mash the Bottle gourd with a masher.
Take out the mashed gourd in a bowl.
Put the pan on the gas and put a spoon of cumin seeds in the pan.
Fry the cumin seeds with a spoon.
When the cumin seeds turn light brown then add the cumin seeds in a spongy mouser and make a coarse powder.
Take out the powder in a bowl and keep it aside.
Take 100 grams of curd in a bowl.
Whisk the curd well.
Add mashed bottle gourd to the curd.
After this, add coarsely ground cumin, black pepper to the curd.
Add a small amount of red chili powder if you want.
If salt is less then add black salt and mix.
Bottle Gourd raita is ready.
Garnish with grated coriander leaves.
Serve Bottle gourd raita with dal, rice or paratha, and roti.

Notes

You can also try some more raita’s …

Dahi Ke Aloo / Curd(yogurt) Potato Curry

April 2, 2020October 17, 2019 by admin

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2.95 from 19 votes

Dahi Ke Aloo / Curd Potato Curry

Curd potatoes are very tasty to eat, you can also eat curd potatoes alone and eat it with bread or rice. You can also eat curd potatoes with poori Yogurt is very good for health. Yogurt is eaten every season. Curd potatoes are very easy to make and also very tasty to eat. And very light for the stomach. If you have a bad stomach or a heavy stomach, then curd potatoes will help a lot. Follow the steps given below to make yogurt potatoes….

Course Dinner, Indian, Lunch, Main Dish

Cuisine dinner, Indian, lunch, Main

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings 4 People

Calories 0.05kcal

Equipment

Pressure Cooker
Spatula
Knife
Kadhai / Fry Pan
Plate
Bowl

Ingredients

4 Unit Potato / Aloo
10 Seed Coriander Seeds / Dhaniya Ka Beej, Break in pestle
2 Unit Green Chili / Hari Mirch, Chopped
3 tsp coriander leaves, Chopped
2 Unit Cloves / Laung, Break in pestle
1 tsp Cumin Seed / Jeera
1 inch Ginger / Adrak, Chopped
2 tsp Oil / Desi Ghee
1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder
200 Grams Curd / Yogurt, Beat the curd
as per taste Salt / Namak

Instructions

To make curd potatoes, first, take potatoes.
Put 4 light cuts in the potato, it will be easy to peel after boiling the potato.
Now put the potatoes in the cooker and add water and add a little salt as well. Turn off the cooker and put it on the gas and put 2 whistles in the cooker.
When the pressure in the cooker is gone, then peel the potato peel.
And break the potatoes lightly by hand.
Now put the kadai / pan on the gas.
Add 2 teaspoons of oil or desi ghee in the kadhai/pan.
Desi ghee makes the vegetable taste very good.
So I would advise you to add desi ghee.
If you want, you can also add desi ghee in the last.
When the desi ghee or oil is hot, add cumin seeds in the kadhai/pan.
When the cumin starts crackling, add 2 cloves crushed in the Kadai / pan.
Put 10 grains of coriander in it.
Then add chopped green chilies and chopped the ginger.
Mix and cook all the spices well.
Now add a teaspoon of turmeric. Cook the turmeric.
And put potatoes in a kadhai.
Mix the potatoes in the spices.
Now cook the potatoes for 3 minutes to 4 minutes.
Then add 200 grams of beaten curd.
And mix the curd with potatoes, turn the flame on high and keep stirring the curd.
Stir the curd till the stock starts boiling.
If you stop running curd then the curd will burst.
So the yogurt has to be stirred continuously.
When the stock comes to a boil then add half a glass of water and stir again
Pour water after it boils.
Now add salt after boiling again.
And add half teaspoon red chilies.
And reduce the flame. Now add chopped coriander.
And also add a spoonful of desi ghee.
And cook on low heat for 5 minutes.
If the curd is not too sour then you can also add tartaric or lemon salt.
Add a very small amount of lemon salt of tartaric.
Turn off the gas after cooking for 2 minutes.
Now put curd potatoes in the serving bowl and serve with roti or rice.
You can enjoy curd aloo/yogurt potato with poori.