Bottle gourd curry/ bottle gourd semi gravy/ suraikkai curry

Bottle gourd curry recipe with step by step pictures 

             In india, chapathi is one of the popular breakfast.  It can be made often with different varieties of sidedishes.  This bottle gourd curry is one of the sidedish for chapathi,  roti.  It can also be served as an accompainment for rice.  It is a simple recipe but healthy as it had ground peanuts. 

  

           Check out the bottle gourd curry recipe below with step by step pictures. Hope you like it. 

Enjoy the food! 

Ingredients  :

.  Bottle gourd -  2 cup (cubed) 

.  Roasted peanuts -  2 tblsp 

.  Onion -  1 medium sized (finely chopped) 

.  Tomato -  1 small sized (finely chopped)  

.  Curry leaves  -  1 sprig 

.  Oil -  1 tblsp 

.  Mustard seeds -  1 tsp 

.  Urad dal -  1 tsp 

.  Turmic powder -  1/2 tsp 

.  Curry powder/ kulambu powder -  1 tblsp 

.  Salt to taste 

Method :

            1. Wash,  peel the skin of bottle gourd.  Chopped into small cubes. Powder  the roasted peanuts in a blender without adding water. 

           2. Heat oil in a kadai.  Add mustard seeds and urad dal.  After it crackle and turns to golden brown,  add chopped onion and curry leaves. 

          3. Saute until soft.  Add tomato.  Saute until mushy.  Add chopped bottle gourd.  Saute for a min. 

           4. Add turmeric powder,salt and kulambu powder.  Saute for few secs.  Add 1 1/2 cup water.  Cover and cook in low flame for 10 mins. 

           5. Add powdered peanuts.  Mix well and cook for 2 mins.  Turn off the stove.  Bottle gourd curry is ready.  

Pictorial  : 

             1) wash and peel the skin of bottle gourd.  Chopped into small cubes. 

            2) Take roasted peanuts in a blender. 

            3) Powder the peanuts without adding water.  Keep it aside. 

            4) Heat oil in a kadai. 

            5) Add mustard seeds and urad dal. 

           6) After it splutters and turns to golden brown,  add chopped onion and curry leaves. 

           7) Saute until it becomes soft. 

           8) Add chopped tomato. 

          9) Saute until mushy. 

         10) Add cubed bottle gourd. 

         11) Saute for a min. 

         12) Add turmeric powder and kulambu powder. 

        13) Add salt. 

        14) Mix well and saute for few secs. 

        15) Add 1 1/2 cup of water to it.  

        16) Cover and cook in low flame for 10 mins or until the veggies become soft. 

       17) Add peanut powder. 

       18) Mix well and cook for 2 mins.  Turn off the stove. 

        19) Bottle gourd curry is ready to be served.