Bottle Gourd Masala

You will need:

• 1 bottle gourd
• 2 onion(chopped into fine pieces)
  
• 1 tomato / 2 tbsp tomato puree
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
  
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 1 tsp garam masala powder
• pinch of mango powder/ amchoor powder (optional to get more of sour taste)
  
• 3 tbsp oil
• salt for taste
  

For seasoning:

• 1 tsp mustard
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tbsp channa dal
• 1 red chilli
• few curry leaves
  

Procedure:

Step 1:

Peel off the skin. Chop the bottle gourd into bite size pieces. Heat some water in a pan and cook the bottle gourd pieces along with some salt till it turns soft. You can even pressure cook the bottle gourd for a whistle or 2 to save time.


Step 2:

Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, channa dal one after other. Then add red chilli and curry leaves.

Step 3:

Now add the chopped onions and sate it till it become transluent. Then add the ginger garlic paste. Saute it for a min and add tomato. Saute tomato till it become soft. Then add the chilli powder along with garam masala powder.

Step 4:

Now add the cooked bottle gourd along with 1 cup of water and amchoor powder. Check for salt. Cook till you get thick gravy. It will take 3 more mins on medium heat to get thick gravy. Garnish with some chopped coriander leaves.

This spicy gravy goes well with chapathi, kulcha, roti.

Hint:

You can even add uncooked bottle gourd after adding masala powders. But it will take long time for the bottle gourd to cook. .