Bottle gourd gravy/Sorakkai gravy/lauki masala

This side dish made with a single vegetable in a gravy form goes very well as a side dish for rotis and also rice.

INGREDIENTS

Bottle gourd/lauki/sorakaya	1 small size
Onion	1 No
Tomato	1 No
Toor dhal/Red gram	1 tblsp
Sesame seeds/Thill	1 Heaped tblsp
Red chillies	4 No
Coriander seeds	1 tsp
Fennel seeds/Saunf	1 tsp
Roasted peanuts or Dry coconut	1/2 cup
Garlic	2 cloves
Turmeric powder/Haldi	1/2 tsp
Oil	2 tsp
Salt	To taste

METHOD

Peel and cut bottle gourd into bite size cubes. Dice onion and  finely chop tomato and keep.

In a cup of water cook bottle gourd adding turmeric powder and salt till done but not very soft. Do not drain water.

Dry roast toor dhal,red chillies,coriander seeds,fennel seeds,sesame seeds,grated dry coconut and also garlic.

When cool first powder toor dhal and (roasted) peanuts and remove. Then powder coriander seeds, fennels seeds, red chilli and garlic. Finally add roasted thill/sesame seeds and coconut (if using instead of peanuts).

Heat oil in a pan add onion and saute,then add tomato and cook for a while.

Add this to cooked bottle gourd and also add powdered ingredients and mix well and bring to boil. Add salt and adjust consistency. Tasty side dish is ready to serve.

I am sending this recipe to Ramya's  ABC series - Gourds Event.

http://ramyasrecipe.blogspot.in/2012/05/abc-series-gourds.html