Lauki (bottle gourd) kootu

Name: Lauki (bottle gourd) kootu
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 250 g lauki; 1 tablespoon chanadal; 1 tsp uraddal; 1 sprig curry leaves; 2 green chillies; 2 tablespoons freshly grated coconut; 2 tablespoons Oil

Savee's kitchen @savee15

A quick healthy side dish that can be made in a short time.

Savee's kitchen @savee15

A quick healthy side dish that can be made in a short time.

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Ingredients

40min

2 servings

250 glauki
1 tablespoonchanadal
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 tspuraddal
1 sprigcurry leaves
2green chillies
2 tablespoonsfreshly grated coconut
2 tablespoonsOil

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Steps

40min

1

Wash and peel the skin of the bottlegourd.
2

Cut as cubes.
Wash chanadal.
3

Pressure cook lauki with chanadal.
4

Make a fine paste of coconut and green chillies
5

Add this paste to cooked vegetables.
6

Mix well.Give it a boil.
7

Add curry leaves.
8

Give a tadka of mustard seeds and urad dal and red chillies (optional)
9

Your koottu is ready.Serve as a side dish for sambar with rice or with chapatis /poories.
10

Helps in weight loss.
11

You may prepare the kootu with ashgourd/chayote/cucumber/snakegourd.