Lauki Curry with coconut milk

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lauki curry with coconut milk and yogurt

author: dassana

recipe type: main

cuisine: indian

prep time:  5 mins

cook time:  15 mins

total time:  20 mins

serves: 4

soothing and cooling bottle guard curry with coconut milk and yogurt.

ingredients (measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml):

• 11/2 or 2 cups chopped bottle gourd/lauki/ghia
• 1 cup thick coconut milk
• ½ cup yogurt or any vegan yogurt
• 2 to 21/2 cups water
• 1 sprig curry leaves
• 1 green chili, chopped
• salt as required
• tempering
• 1 or 2 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp mustard
• 1 tsp cumin

how to make the recipe:

1. rinse and peel the lauki and cut into small bite size pieces.
2. add the lauki pieces, salt, yogurt , curry leaves, green chilies and water in a pan.
3. stir and cook for 12-15 minutes till the lauki is cooked without a lid.
4. add the coconut milk and simmer for a minute. don't cook much as the coconut milk would otherwise curdle.
5. heat oil in a small pan. add the mustard seeds and allow them to crackle.
6. add the cumin and fry for some seconds.
7. pour this tempering along with the oil on the lauki curry.
8. stir and serve the lauki curry hot with steamed rice.