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Nutritious gourd and curd are beneficial for health.
Gourd Raita can be prepared and eaten at any time for lunch or dinner.
Lauki Raita Recipe: Nutritious gourd raita is also wonderful in taste. Be it lunch or dinner, gourd raita can be prepared and eaten at any time. Gourd Raita is very helpful in keeping the digestion system better. Many people do not like bottle gourd curry much, but they also like bottle gourd raita. Raita can be made in many ways. From Boondi Raita to Bottle Gourd Raita, everyone is very much liked. If you also like gourd raita, then you can make it easily.
It doesn’t take much time to make gourd raita and it tastes delicious too. If you have not tried bottle gourd raita at home till now, then with the help of our mentioned recipe, it can be prepared in minutes.
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Ingredients to make Lauki Ka Raita
Gourd – 250 grams
Curd – 2 cups
Green chili – 1
Cumin – 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida – 1 pinch
Desi ghee – 1 tsp
Green coriander – 1 tbsp
salt – as per taste
How to make Bottle Gourd Raita
To make bottle gourd raita, first wash the bottle gourd and peel it off and then cut it into small pieces. Now put water in a vessel and heat it, add gourd to it and boil it. It will take 8-10 minutes for the gourd to boil and become soft. After this, take out the gourd from the water and put it in a big bowl and mash it by pressing it with the help of a spoon.
After mashing the gourd well, take curd and whisk it well. After this add the whipped curd to the bottle gourd and mix. Now add finely chopped green chilies, green coriander and salt as per taste and mix it well. After this, put 1 teaspoon of desi ghee in a pan and heat it on medium flame. When the ghee becomes hot and melts, put cumin seeds in it and crackle.
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After roasting cumin seeds for a few seconds, turn off the gas and mix asafoetida powder in it. Now add the tempering prepared from cumin and asafoetida to the raita and mix well. Delicious bottle gourd raita is ready. Serve it with roti or paratha. Lauki Raita can be prepared and eaten anytime for lunch or dinner.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : November 13, 2022, 14:00 IST