Turai ki subzi /Gilki ki subzi

Turai  subzi -Sponge gourd cooked with simple and fresh herb and spices

Turai/Gilki is a very healthy vegetable,it is easy to cook and very easy to digest.It is a summer specialty so is very cooling for the body.As it is a seasonal vegetable so very easily available and is very reasonably priced.It belong to the gourd family and  have a mild sweet taste .

You don’t need much spices to add while cooking turai.I prefer to make it with fresh herbs to get the wonderful mild and sweet taste of turai.This is the traditional way of making turai ki subzi in my family,we serve this subzi with freshly made ghee wali chapati’s and daal-rice combo.For getting the mild and sweet flavour of turai use only ghee in the tempering and use fresh herbs only.

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4 from 3 votes

Turai ki subzi /Gilki ki subzi

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time10 mins

Total Time20 mins

Course: Main Course, Main Dish

Cuisine: Indian, Uttar Pradesh Cuisine

Servings: 3 people

Ingredients

• 750 grams Sponge gourd / Turai /Gilki
• 1 Tomatoes / Tamatar chopped
• 2 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch chopped
• 1 tsp Ginger / Adrak chopped
• 1.5 tsp Lemon Juice / Nimbu Ka Ras
• 1 tbsp Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya chopped
• 1/3 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
• to taste Salt / Namak

Tempering / Tadka

• 2 tbsp Clarified Butter / Desi Ghee
• 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
• 6 Curry Leaves
• 1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder

Instructions

• Wash and peel turai with the help of a potato peeler.
• Slice lengthwise and then make small cubes.
• Heat ghee in the pressure cooker and add cumin seeds.
• When cumin start crackling add asafoetida,green chilies and curry leaves.
• Now add turmeric,chopped turai,tomato,ginger,salt and 2 tbsp of water.
• Pressure cook on medium heat for 3-4 whistles,or cook in a pan till cooked completely.
• Open the cooker and slightly mash the pieces with the laddle.
• Cook on medium heat for 2-4 minutes ( depends on how much gravy you want to have, I want to serve it with roti so make it semi thick )
• Now add lemon juice and chopped fresh coriander and mix.
• Serve hot with a spoon of ghee on top.

Notes

Serving suggestions-serve hot with roti or paratha or daal-rice combo.