Sorakaya perugu pachadi recipe
Bottle gourd is called as sorakaya in telugu, sorekayi in kannnada, lauki in hindi, dudhi in marati. Iam sharing a simple bottle gourd in seasoned yogurt recipe called as sorakaya perugu pachadi in my native language. This was prepared by my mom when I was in India, so do not have step by step pictures. We had it with soft mutligrain roti and a raw beetroot salad.
This is a no onion and no garlic recipe and hence can be prepared for festive meals. Gourd is cooked till tender and then seasoned, cooled and then mixed with yogurt.
sorakaya perugu pachadi can accompany rice or chapathi and is quite easy to cook. Use green chilies generously, yes but to suit your tolerance levels.
for more bottle gourd recipes, check
sorakaya pappu
sorakaya pulusu
bottle gourd curry
bottle gourd stir fry
sorakaya perugu pachadi recipe below
Sorakaya perugu pachadi recipe
bottle gourd in seasoned yogurt, goes well as a side dish with plain rice or chapathi or phulka
Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )
- 2 cups bottle gourd ,chopped , (use tender bottle gourd)
- 1 ¼ to 1 ½ cups yogurt / curd (use as needed)
- Salt as needed
- 1 tbsp oil
- 2 to 3 green chilies , sliced or chopped
- 1 red chili ,broken , (optional)
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1/8 tsp turmeric
- ¼ tsp cumin
- ¼ tsp mustard
- 1 Pinch hing
- ½ tsp chana dal (optional)
- ½ tsp urad dal (optional)
- 1 pinch fenugreek powder / menthi podi (optional)
- Coriander leaves as needed.
How to make the recipe
- Wash and peel bottle gourd, chop them to pieces.
- Cook them till tender in a pot with very little water, you can sprinkle more if needed. Try not to use lot of water since we don’t want to drain the nutrients. Set this aside.
- Heat a pan with oil, add cumin, mustard and chana dal and urad dal. Fry till the dals turn crunchy. Add sliced ginger, sliced or chopped green chilis, red chili and curry leaves. Fry till the curry leaves turn crisp for about 2 minutes.
- Add hing, turmeric and fenugreek powder to the oil, stir. Add cooked bottle gourd and salt. Transfer this to a plate and let it cool completely.
- Meanwhile, whisk yogurt with a fork to smooth
- When the seasoned bottle gourd cools down, mix it with the yogurt and add chopped coriander leaves
NUTRITION
Calories: 145kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 13mg | Sodium: 156mg | Potassium: 343mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 5.4% | Vitamin C: 47.3% | Calcium: 16% | Iron: 7.2%
swetha says
gongura chuttney is nice
swasthi says
Thanks
Lavanya shalini says
Hi this was super thankq
veena says
Healthy and tasty pachadi