Sorakkai avial | Bottle gourd coconut curry-How to make-Step by step photos

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, India | Cooking Time: 10 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Take with: Adai | Type : Avial, coconut veg curry

Ingredients

• Sorakkai[Bottle gourd,lauki] – 1 cup [Cut into cubes]
• Salt to taste
• Water as needed

For grinding

• Coconut – 4 tbsp
• Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp
• Ginger - 1 tbsp
• Green chilli - 1
• Put above ingredients in a mixer jar grind to fine or coasre paste

For seasoning

• Coconut Oil – 2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tbsp
• Curry leaves - 1 spring

Method

• Boil Bottle gourd.
• Heat oil in a pan then add mustard seeds. Once it’s spluttered add curry leaves fry
• Add boiled Bottle gourd, & salt mix well.
• Then add freshly ground paste mix well. Then add ½ cup water mix well.
• When boiling cut off heat & serve hot with paruppu adai

For avial variations

• You can add drumstick, flat lima bean, avarakkai, beans, radish, brinjal, egg plant, peerkangai[ridge gourd], raw banana, yellow pumpkin, kovakkai, Tindora...

How to make Sorakkai avial-Stepwise pictures[ Healthy, Delicious]

Sorakkai/ bottle gourd

Peel off the bottle gourd skin

Cut into cubes

Boil bottle gourd

In a mixer jar add coconut, cumin, ginger,& greenchilli grind to smooth paste

Heat oil add mustard let it splatter then add curry leaves

Add boiled bottle gourd

Add salt

Add ground coconut paste.Add water if required, let it boil

Now its ready, cut off heat

Lauki coconut curry is ready. serve hot with adai

Sorakkai avial-bottle gourd coconut curry

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