Vegetable of the Week -Bottle Gourd Round Up

Bottle gourd round up.

55+ delicious dishes…

12 such dishes which you might have never heard of it .

Above all do u know that bottle gourd can make a wonderful one dish dinners too?
We have 8 to cherish :) .

Good chance to start eating this humble veggie and for its lovers nice recipe to enjoy your love for bottle gourd :D .

Dear friends Pratibha and Jigyasa reminded me of how much Ramdevbaba emphasis on eating bottle gourd in all possible way. Check out what I recently came through, this article, it says bottle gourd's price has shot up from Rs 4 to Rs 15 a kg.

I couldn’t control my laugh after reading it . Before its prices start rising here too get some now, keep some stored and enjoy your favorite dishes from below…. And when you are done checking round up don’t forget to vote for you favorite entries in all 3 categories.

Bottle gourd Rajgara paratha Canapé .

This is one starter item made using Bottle gourd and rajgara flour. Rajgara flour is normally we use as staple food for the days when we observe fasts. At my mom’s place certain religious days like Shivaratri, Ramnavami and Janmashthami are the days for fast .

Bottle gourd with bean sprouts

This is one of the accidentally innovated recipe in my kitchen. One lazy day I found few mix sprouts and a quarter of bottle gourd resting in a corner of my fridge. And thinking to make a quick curry. I tried cooking them together as bottle gourd alone was not enough to serve us. Let me first share the recipe before I get on to other topics to bore you with :D . People say I am a chatterbox. (Believe me I am like that only with the people I like ). Fortunately blogger has introduced to many loving people, whom I feel exactly like me , and which really makes me feel better to share everything with them . Now a days blogging is not just a hobby , but a place where I can share many thing and feel relaxed by doing so : ) . Thank you all of you around here who really makes my day in many ways. Now back to recipe first.... I call it "bottlegourd with Beans " . Couldn't find any good name , if you have any nice name in mind for this dish , share it here and reserve this dish by your name :) .

Haandvoh-Mom's recipe

Haandavoh is a popular Gujarati dish. Here the recipe of how my mom makes it.

Traditionally it is cooked from the same flour we use for Dhokla and allowed to ferment the same way. How ever the further steps are different for ingredients and cooking process which makes both of them too different in their final taste . Definitely both of them makes a very healthy dish

Vegetable of the Week is -

Bottle Gourd.
Sadly no one guessed it correct and here I am to announce it.
Call it Dudhi(in Gujarati ) , dudhi bhopla(in Marathi ) , lauki( in Hindi) Sorakaya( in Telugu??? ) , or simply bottle gourd .
This light to digest veggie has many benefits to consume it . I am going to try making something this month which might help the haters of it to convert into its lover .

Bottle gourd(Lauki) Thepla

I had a bottle gourd in refrigerator since 2-3 days and was thinking of how to use it. Simple curry of this is much common so i tried to recall what my Mummy used to make of it,and got this wonderful memory in my mind . So this was now final that I was going to make tasty thepla using lauki I have. I remember that I have heard and read this so many times that Bottle gourd is good to eat and has many advantages of eating it to keep away heart trouble and so many others... I have got more info on this too, check out for bottle gourd - food that heals , if it is so advantageous to eat it, I think I must prepare different kind of food out of it regularly . :)
this time it was turn to make Thepla of it , Here is my recipe for Thepla.

Ingredients:
2 cups wheat flour
1 small sized tender Bottle gourd(Lauki/Dudhi) peeled and grated
7-8 cloves of garlic,crushed
2 tbsp oil ( for dough),
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder,
1 tsp Chili Powder,
salt to taste,
oil for frying

Method:
Take a small sized Bottle gourd peel it and grate finely. Do not let the water of this get wasted ,Instead use this in preparing dough , it will add better taste to thepla when it is ready.
Take wheat flour in a big bowl,add all the ingredients. use a little water to make a smooth dough of it.







Make lemon sized balls from the dough, and roll each into 5"-6 "round . Place vit on a hot griddle or roti tawa . roast a little from one side (as shown in middle figure above) and change the side , then spread little oil from sides to center. do the same for both sides. repaeat the same for all balls. here is your Thepla ready to serve. :)
Can be served with pickle- Chhunda.
Best accompanied with Aloo ki sukhi Bhaji(Some other time I 'll post recipe for this too ) when traveling, as it remains good for 2-3 days at room temperature.

One can also add sesame seeds and chopped coriander leaves to it while preparing dough,that will also taste Yummyyyyyyyyyy..................:P