Lauki Ki Sabji
Bottle gourd cooked in a light onion-tomato gravy tempered with cumin, bay leaf and cinnamon and mildly spiced. A simple, light everyday sabzi eaten with chapati or rice.
Ingredients
- cumin — 1 tsp (ground)
- Tomato — 1.5 piece (chopped)
- ginger garlic paste — 1 tsp (ground)
- Bottle Gourd — 450 g (chopped)
- cinnamon stick — 1 inch (ground)
- Turmeric Powder — 1 piece (ground)
- Kasuri Methi — 1 tsp (ground)
- Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 0.75 tsp (ground)
- bay leaf — 1 piece (whole)
- oil — 2 tbsp (whole)
- Water — 1 cup (whole)
- garam masala powder — 0.25 tsp (ground)
- coriander powder — 0.5 tsp (ground)
- onion — 1 piece (chopped)
Method
- firstly, in a large kadai heat 2 tbsp oil and saute 1 bay leaf, 1 inch cinnamon, 1 tsp kasuri methi, 1 tsp cumin until it turns aromatic.
- add 1 onion, 1 tsp ginger garlic paste and saute until it turns golden brown.
- further, add ½ tsp turmeric, ¾ tsp chilli powder, ½ tsp coriander powder and ¾ tsp salt.
- saute on low flame until it turns aromatic.
- additionally, add 1½ tomato and saute until it turns soft and mushy.
- now add 450 grams lauki and saute for 2 minutes.
- also, add 1 cup water and mix well.
- cover and boil for 20 minutes on medium flame or until lauki are cooked well.
- adjust the consistency as required adding more water if required.
- now add ¼ tsp garam masala and 2 tbsp coriander. mix well.
- finally, enjoy lauki ki sabji with chapathi or rice.
Common questions
- Lauki Ki Sabji ko English mein kya kehte hain?
- लौकी की सब्जी ko English mein Lauki Ki Sabji likhte hain.
- Ek plate Lauki Ki Sabji mein kitni calories hoti hain?
- 122 kcal per plate.
- Kitna time lagta hai?
- 35 min lagta hai — 5 min taiyari, 30 min pakana.