SORRAKAYA NUGUPAPPU KURA

Bottle gourd is a vegetable which most people doesn't like but there are so many curries which can be made of this which are easy and tasty , Today we learn one curry for roti  .

Ingredients - 

• bottle gourd - 1 [ medium ]
• green chillies - 4- 5
• sesame seeds / thil seeds - 7 tsp
• salt 
• tamarind powder 

Talimpu - 

• cumin seeds - 1/3 tsp
• urad dal - 1/3 tsp 
• mustard seeds - 1/3 tsp
• broken red chilli - 1
• curry leaves - 6 
• asafotida a small pinch 
• oil - 2 tsp

Method of preparation - 

• Remove stems wash and slice green chillies .
• Peel, remove ends and chop bottle gourd into small pieces .
• Fry sesame seeds in a shallow pan for 5 mints or until it cracks and grind into fine powder after it cools to room temperature .
• Heat oil in a shallow pan , add all talimpu ingredients in order when urad dal turns golden color  
• Add chopped chillis and mix well for a min....................
• Add chopped bottle gourd and saute well in medium heat and close with a lid  
• Add  tamarind powder and mix well
• Cook bottle gourd until half cook  [ don't add any water because it only have more water,If bottle gourd does n't release water add some 1/2 glass water while cooking ] when bottle gourd is half cooked remove lid until water evaporate .
• When the bottle gourd is cooked add sesame powder and salt and saute well and keep on medium flame for few mint's and remove from heat .
• Serve this curry with roti ,chepathi .

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