Lauki Tamatar Sabzi Recipe, Tomato and Bottle gourd 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.