Bottle gourd curry | Suraikai masiyal | Suraikai kadayal

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, South India | Cooking Time: 15 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Take with: rice | Type: Lunch Gravy, curry,masiyal, kadayal

Ingredients

• Suraikai [Bottle gourd] -1
• Sambar Onion [Shallots] – 6
• Garlic – 2 cloves [mashed]
• Green chilli – 1 [slit]
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Bengal gram – 1 tbsp
• Urad dal – ½ tbsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Red chilli powder - ½ tsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds – ½ tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Water as needed

Method

• Peel off the Bottle gourd skin. Then wash & chop.
• Heat pan with oil then add mustard seeds, cumin seeds & let it splutter. Then add sambar onion & garlic sauté till soft.
• Add Bengal gram, urad dal, green chilli & curry leaves sauté.
• Add chopped suraikai, red chilli powder & turmeric powder cook till soft.
  
• Once cooked mash then add salt cut off heat then serve hot with rice.
  

Suraikai kadayal