Bottle Gourd In Milk Gravy

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 lb gourd
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed (jeera)
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 3 -4 hot green chili peppers
• 4 -5 curry leaves
• 2 teaspoons oil (coconut oil preferred)
• salt

Recipe

• 1 1. heat oil and crackle jeera. i use coconut oil as it gives a very distinctive taste and aroma to the whole dish.
• 2 2. then add the curry leaves and slit green chillies and fry them for couple of seconds.
• 3 3. add the cut bottle gourd. add salt and turmeric to it and give it a good mix.
• 4 4. now pour the milk and little bit of water to adjust the consistency of the gravy and boil the bottle gourd in it until it gets cooked.
• 5 5. mix it occasionally while the vegetable is getting cooked and the milk gravy thickens.
• 6 serve it with rice and add a dash of more coconut oil on top of the gravy for that extra richness.