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Lauki Raita Recipe
Prep Time | 10 min |
Cook Time | 15 min |
Servings |
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Ingredients
- 1 cup lauki (bottle gourd or opo squash)
- 1/8 tbsp Salt
- 1 cup fresh chilled curd
- 1 cups Water
- 2 green chillies
- 1/2 tbsp roasted cumin powder
- 1 pinch garam masala
- black salt as required
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Instructions
- rinse and peel about 100 to 125 grams of lauki.
- then shred or grate the lauki and keep aside. yield can be from 3/4 to 1 cup of grated lauki.
- now take the grated lauki and 1 to 1.25 cups water in a pan.
- stir very well and keep the pan on stove top. then add 1/8 tsp salt.
- simmer and cook till the lauki softens and is cooked completely.
- strain the lauki. press with a spoon so that the all the water is extracted. you can also press the cooked lauki in your palms when the heat gets reduced in the lauki. for a quick method, just add the strained lauki to a bowl of cold water. then strain and squeeze them.
- use the strained water to add to dals or make veggies.
- whisk fresh chilled curd till smooth in a bowl.
- add the cooked lauki and and chopped green chilies.
- add the 1/2 tsp roasted cumin powder, a pinch of garam masala powder and black salt.
- stir very well.
- serve immediately or chill and serve later. you can garnish with coriander leaves while serving. we don't. only for photographic purpose, i added some coriander leaves. serve with veg pulao, veg biryani or as a side dish with some sauteed veggies or with a combo of dal tadka-rice or dal fry-rice.