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Lauki Tamatar Sabzi Recipe, Tomato and Bottle gourd Curry

2014-08-25 by Anjana Chaturvedi

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Lauki Tamatar Sabzi – Mildly spiced bottle gourd and tomato curry

Lauki tamatar sabzi – Bottle gourd is a summer special vegetable. It has excellent health and nutritional benefits and is very low in calories. Lauki is considered among the top recommended vegetables in Ayurveda as it is very quick and easy to digest so this is very good for sick and weak patients. You can also give the boiled bottle gourd puree to small kids also .
As it is very mild and blend in taste so you can do so many variation of this lauki tamatar sabzi and experiments with this humble vegetable .It is also a low budget and very easily available vegetable so can be easily used and made regularly.

When you go to buy bottle gourd try to choose a small or medium size firm bottle gourd with bright and shiny green color, as big sized lauki may be over ripe and mature and have hard peel and thick seeds which didn’t taste good and take much time to cook.

A simple trick which I learned from my mother is to lightly press your nail in the bottle gourd peel, if it is tender and fresh then your nail will very easily pierce the bottle gourd but if you cant press easily then it is surely over ripe and hard so avoid buying such type of bottle gourd.

Every one in my family likes lauki so I make it often. Lauki taste great with mild and fresh herbs so you don’t need to add too much spices and oil  in bottle gourd curry.  This mildly spiced tomato and lauki ki subzi is a favorite of everyone .

I have used fresh spice to make this curry,Tomatoes gives a very nice and fresh tangy taste to this curry.You can also add a small potato in the curry if you wish.but don’t add too many powdered spices in lauki tamatar ki subzi.

I make so many curries and desserts from Lauki- 

  • lauki Chana Daal ki subzi , 
  • Lauki moong daal sabzi
  • Lauki ka
  •  kofta
  • Lauki ka raita
  • Lauki ki kheer
  • Lauki ka halwa.

lauki tamatar sabzi

 

how to make tamatari lauki

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5 from 2 votes

Lauki Tamatar ki Sabzi

Lauki Tamatar ki Sabzi - Mildly spiced bottle gourd and tomato curry
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time10 minutes mins
Total Time20 minutes mins
Course: Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: Uttar Pradesh Cuisine
Keyword: bottle gourd curry, lauki ki sabzi, lauki tamatar ki sabzi
Servings: 3 people
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

  • 550 gms Bottle Gourd / Lauki
  • 200 gms Tomato / Tamatar Chopped ( 2 Medium )
  • 2 tsp Green chili/hari mirch Chopped
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
  • 1 tsp Salt / Namak
  • 1/3 tsp Sugar / Chini
  • 2 tbsp Cooking oil or ghee
  • 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
  • 1/3 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
  • 1.5 tbsp Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya

Instructions

  • Peel bottle gourd and chop in medium size pieces
  • Heat ghee or oil in the pressure cooker
  • When ghee become warm then add cumin seeds
  • When seeds start crackling add chopped green chilies and asafoetida
  • Now add chopped tomato and salt.
  • Stir fry for few seconds.
  • Add turmeric and chopped bottle gourd in the cooker.
  • Add 1 cup of water in the vegetables and mix.
  • Close the lid of pressure cooker and cook on medium heat .
  • Cook for about 3-4 whistles or till it cooks completely.
  • When cool down completely then open the cooker and mix sugar and chopped coriander.
  • Mix and serve with a spoon of ghee on top.(optional)

Notes

Serving suggestions- Taste best with hot and fresh chapatis or parathas.
NOTE-
  1. Choose fresh and tender bottle gourd ,hard bottle gourd take much time to cook and didn't taste very good.
  2. Make sure to remove all the hard and thick seeds of bottle gourd, but no need to remove the small tender seeds.
  3. You can add some more water if you want a thin gravy.
  4. You can also add a piece of potato if you like.
  5. Can use ghee or oil in the tempering but ghee taste best in bottle gourd curry.
  6. Can add 1 tsp of lemon juice if needed.

Filed Under: Gravy dishes, North Indian Food, Sabzi and Curries, Uttar Pradesh Cuisine Tagged With: bachelor cooking, bottle gourd, doodhi, healthy food, Indian Curries, Lauki, no onion and garlic recipe, quick and easy, Subzis and curries, tomato, Uttar Pradesh Cuisine, vegetarian

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Comments

  1. Neha Sharma says

    2016-04-27 at

    Very nice & easy recipe thank you so much ma’am

  2. Su says

    2015-07-19 at

    Anjana Ji,

    Thanks for the healthy, easy-to-make recipe. I was wondering if we need to peel and remove seeds of bottle gourd even if they are soft. Should we do this for all other vegetables too, for ex ridge gourd (turai)?

    • anjanaskc says

      2015-07-19 at

      Hi Su
      yes we need to peel bottle gourd and turai and if the seeds are hard then need to remove them else keep the soft seeds.

  3. beena stephen says

    2014-08-25 at

    Quick and healthy curry . Love it

5 from 2 votes (2 ratings without comment)

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