Lauki raita

Vaishali Singh
Vaishali Singh @cook_15667007
Bangalore

A healthy, nutritious lauki or bottle gourd raita made using #yakult light. Pair this with your favourite stuffed paranthas, rice (khichadi or pulao).

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Ingredients

  1. 200 gmthick yogurt
  2. 1small size bottle gourd/ lauki
  3. 1 cupwater
  4. To tasteSalt
  5. 1 tspblack pepper powder
  6. 1.5 tsproasted jeera(cumin) powder
  7. 1/2 tspred chilli powder
  8. 1 tbspcoriander leaves chopped
  9. 2 pinchhing/ asafoetida
  10. 1 tspghee
  11. 2 bottlesyakult light

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Peel, wash and grate the lauki/ bottle gourd.

  2. 2

    In a sauce pan add 1 cup of water and put the grated bottle gourd in it along with 1/4 tsp salt and boil for 5 mins. Shut down the flame and cover and let it sit in the pan for another 5 mins. Strain the water and let it get to room temperature.

  3. 3

    In a bowl, take the yogurt and whisk it till it is smooth and lump free. Add the boiled lauki and season with salt, black pepper, jeera powder.

  4. 4

    Prepare a tempering by heating ghee in a pan, add jeera seeds and allow it to crackle. Add hing and red chilli powder, cook for 15-20 secs and pour this tempering into the yogurt. Mix well and put it in the fridge till you need to serve.

  5. 5

    Just before serving, add yakult into the yogurt, mix well and garnish with some black pepper, red chilli powder, jeera powder and coriander leaves.

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Vaishali Singh
Vaishali Singh @cook_15667007
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A home chef 👩🏼‍🍳..... on Instagram as @yummcrumbz
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