12/21/2010

Bottle Gourd Skin Fry / Sorakaya Pottu Vepudu

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Ingredients:-

Bottle Gourd -1 (bottle gourd skin and inside white part )
Red Chillies-2 nos
Garlic-4 cloves (cut into pieces)
Cumin Seeds-1/2 tsp
Mustard Seeds-1/2 tsp
Turmeric Powder-1 pinch
Hing-1 pinch
Salt to taste
Oil-3 tbsp
Curry Leaves-few

Method:-

 Wash and peel off the bottle gourd skin and cut inside white seeds part.
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Cut the skin seeds part into small pieces.
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Heat oil in a pan and when oil is hot add cumin seeds,mustard seeds, when its gets popup add red chillies,hing,garlic pieces and curry leaves fry until garlic changes the color.
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Now add bottle gourd skin and salt,turmeric powder mix well everything.

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Cover the lid cook till the skin is cooked.
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Now fry for 5 minutes.
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Serve with hot rice.
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20 comments:

  1. that's interesting...never thought of making a dish with skin and seeds of bottle gourd...

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  2. wow, that does look wonderful !!!

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  3. thts a mouthwatering platter...simply amazing n droooooooolworthy....

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  4. Very healthy and delicious looking dish.

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  5. this is totally new to me.. sure would be healthy with the skin used.. looks delicious too..

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  6. Usually i do chutney, stir fry sounds truly interesting..

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  7. Bookmarked..will surely try this..

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  8. hey....lovely...the pictures cleared all ma doubts...bookmarked this one...& that ball of rice..felt lik open ma mouth & jst grab it...hihi...

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  9. perfect way to get the fiber content in the diet..will try this next time..

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  10. classic and delicious recipe.. chusthene norooruthondi.. thanks for sharing !!

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  11. Nice pictures... and yummy recipe...

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