This is an interesting twist to a boring vegetable called lauki/ bottle gourd. Its a very nutritious vegetable and is usually disliked by kids. This chutney was introduced by my colleague’s mother in law who used to send it with idlis when I was under the weather. Later she told me it was lauki and I couldn’t believe it . now i make it very regularly for my family and now my kids after seeing this post will release it was made of lauki 🙂
Ingredients
- Lauki / bottle gourd – 1
- Chana dal – 1 tablespoon
- Mustard seeds – 1 teaspoon
- Urad dal – 1 tablespoon
- Peanut – 4 tablespoon
- White Til/Sesame seeds – 2 tablespoon
- Jeera – 1 tablespoon
- Curry leaves- 4-5
- Oil – two tablespoon
- Turmeric powder
- Hing – ¼ teaspoon
- Salt- to taste
- Green chili – 2
- Tamrind – lemon size ball
- Red chili powder – ½ teaspoon
Ingredients Tempering
- Mustard seeds – 1 teaspoon
- Curry leaves- 4-5
- Red chili – 2
- Oil – ½ teaspoon
Method
- Heat oil in a pan. Add urad dal , peanuts , chana dal, white till and mustard seeds.
- Then roast the ingredients in the pan for 1-2 minutes.
- Remove the roasted stuff on a plate and to the same pan add lauki and green chili, turmeric, red chili powder, tamarind and hing and salt to taste.
- Cook until the lauki is soft and tender.
- Transfer the roasted peanuts and other stuff to the lauki mixture and let it cool.
- After cooling, grind the whole thing into a fine paste and transfer into a bowl.
- Do the tempering by adding oil and add mustard seeds and let it crackle and then add the dry chili and curry leaves and pour over the chutney.
- It Tastes well with rice,dosa and paratha.
Notes
- Jeera and tamarind and hing and the dry masala like turmeric and red chili powder and missing in the ingredients pic
- You can add ginger garlic if you like the taste. I donot like to add as it changes the taste of lauki
- Stays good for 3-5 days
Awesome 👍