Bottle gourd is the most beneficial vegetable for health. Bottle gourd helps in keeping the heart healthy, reducing obesity and controlling blood sugar in diabetes. Despite having so many benefits, people avoid eating bottle gourd. Some people start making faces as soon as they hear the name of bottle gourd. If you do not like bottle gourd vegetable then you can make bottle gourd raita and eat it. Bottle gourd raita is very healthy and beneficial for the stomach. Eating this provides plenty of fiber. Bottle gourd raita helps in keeping the stomach cool in summer. You must include bottle gourd raita in lunch. This will increase the taste of your lunch manifold. Know how to make bottle gourd raita?
Recipe to make Lauk Raita
- To make bottle gourd raita, first of all you have to peel the bottle gourd and cut it into big pieces.
- Now put the bottle gourd pieces in the cooker and add about 1 cup of water and cook the bottle gourd till 2 whistles.
- If you have curd then blend it and dilute it or you can also prepare raita with buttermilk.
- Now after the bottle gourd cools down, mash it lightly with your hands. You can also use a masher.
- Mix bottle gourd in the curd prepared for raita and now prepare tadka for raita.
- Pour mustard oil in a ladle and fry asafoetida and cumin seeds in it well.
- Now add finely chopped garlic and 1 finely chopped green chilli to it.
- Add some red chili powder to the tadka itself and apply the tadka directly to the raita.
- While applying the boy, cover the raita immediately so that the aroma does not escape.
- Now add black salt to the raita and if you want, add some finely chopped coriander.
- Bottle gourd raita prepared in this way will increase the taste of your food manifold.
- Eating this raita will cool the stomach and also improve digestion.
- Bottle gourd raita is also an excellent option for weight loss and can reduce obesity.