Lauki ka Raita – Bottle Gourd with Yogurt – Manjula’s Kitchen

Lauki raita is a refreshing yogurt-based dish made with spiced lauki and yogurt. Lauki is also called bottle gourd, doodhi, ghia. Lauki raita is wholesome and tastes scrumptious. Serve this as a facet dish with any Indian flat bread or over the rice.

Will serve 2

Substances:

• 1 cups yogurt (curd, dahi)
• Approx. ½ cup milk, use as wanted
• 1 cup lauki grated (bottle gourd, doodhi, ghia)
• 2 teaspoon oil
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
• 1/8 teaspoon asafetida (hing)
• 2 entire pink chilies (lal mirch)
• 1 teaspoon ginger finely chopped (adrak)
• 1 teaspoon inexperienced chilies finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons cilantro finely chopped (hara dhania)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

 Methodology

1. Whip the yogurt and add the milk as wanted to make the consistency of pancake batter, put aside.
2. Warmth the oil in a saucepan on medium excessive warmth.
3. Add the cumin seeds and asafetida. After the cumin seeds crack, add pink chilies. Stir-fry a couple of seconds.
4. Add lauki, ginger, inexperienced chilies, cilantro and stir-fry till many of the water has evaporated and lauki is tender. This could take about 4 to 5 minutes.
5. After the lauki cools, combine it effectively into the yogurt.
6. Add extra milk if wanted.
7. For greatest outcomes, serve chilled.

Initially posted 2014-01-23 22:28:37.

Please Subscribe to my YouTube channel