Bottlegourd Raita

Name: Bottlegourd Raita
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 300 gm bottle gourd (1 small piece); 200 gm curd; 1 bowl water for boiling bottle gourd; Salt to taste; 1 / tsp cumin seeds; 1 pinch red chilli powder

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

New Delhi

#cookeverypart
A very cool and light digestive raita

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

New Delhi

#cookeverypart
A very cool and light digestive raita

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Ingredients

15 minutes

2 servings

300 gmbottle gourd (1 small piece)
200 gmcurd
1 bowlwater for boiling bottle gourd
Salt to taste
1/ tsp cumin seeds
1 pinchred chilli powder

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Steps

15 minutes

1

Wash bottle gourd thoroughly in running water. Wipe it.
2

Grate bottle gourd with peel. Transfer it to a pressure cooker. Add 1/2 bowl of water. Place the lid and pressure cook till 1 whistle. Switch off the flame. Let pressure release automatically. Open the lid. Transfer boiled bottle gourd in a plate and let it cool.
3

Heat a griddle and dry roast cumin seeds. Coarsely grind it and keep aside.
4

Add curd in a mixing bowl. Whisk it with a whisker. Add salt, roasted cumin seeds and mix. Add water if
needed.
5

Add cooled and boiled bottle gourd and mix. Refrigerate it for 1 hour.
6

Serve chilled garnished with red chilli powder and roasted cumin seeds.