You will easily find gourd in every kitchen of Indian homes. Yes, it is a different matter that many people do not like it from the heart. Often people use gourd to make vegetables. But do you know, with the help of gourd you can make so many types of dishes.
Today we will tell you about such a recipe, which you will be surprised to read. You can make many types of things using gourd. Let’s know about those dishes. Apart from gourd vegetable, you can make gourd koftas.
1. Bottle Gourd Kofta
To make this, first you have to grate the gourd and take it out in a bowl. Prepare a paste by adding chopped green chillies, ginger, red chillies, coriander, gram flour and salt. Make round laddu shapes from this paste, which you can fry in oil. You can eat these koftas with chutney or tomato sauce. You can also eat these koftas by putting them in Kadhi.
2. Bottle Gourd Raita
It is very easy to make bottle gourd raita, for this first of all you have to boil the bottle gourd lightly and add finely chopped onion, green chillies, curd and salt in it, keep the quantity of curd high. After this, you temper mustard, cumin, oil in a pan. Add the bottle gourd paste in it and mix it well.
3. Bottle Gourd Pudding
You can also make bottle gourd halwa. For this, grate the bottle gourd and add milk, sugar, cardamom, cashews and almonds to it and make a delicious halwa. Apart from this, you can also prepare bottle gourd chaat at home.
4. Gourd Chaat
To make bottle gourd chaat, boil or fry bottle gourd and add tomatoes, onions, green chillies, coriander, chaat masala and salt and mix well. Then you can eat it in the morning for breakfast or as a snack in the evening.
5. Bottle Gourd Parathas
Bottle gourd parathas are also very tasty. To make them, grate the bottle gourd and mix gram flour, spices and green coriander in it and knead the dough. Then make small balls of it and roll them into the shape of parathas. Fry them on a pan using oil or ghee.
Apart from all these dishes, you can also consume gourd in the form of soup, salad, smoothie. It has less calories and more fiber. It also helps in reducing weight.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : September 2, 2024, 13:22 IST
