Chinese Bottle Gourd Recipe
The average size of a bottle gourd would be around 2 feet in length but in places that these are common you tend to find smaller ones but i guess here in new zealand you don t have much option so i have to buy the whole thing and use it in two separate occasions.
Chinese bottle gourd recipe. Courtesy my spanish friend soma. Add the shredded bottle gourd followed by 1 2 cups of water. Comments handvo is a traditional gujarati cake full of flavours. In morocco bottle gourds are called slaouia plural slaoui though it s often referred to as a squash it s actually an edible gourd.
It is often used in indian homes to make a variety of dishes like chutney stew curry pachadi kootu and stir fry. It is also called as lauki ghia and doodhi in north india whereas it is called sorekai in south india. Bottle gourd is known as lauki in hindi sorakaya in telugu sorakkai in tamil. Last time i had posted a guisadong upo recipe but we used just half of it as these vegetables are really huge in size.
You can also combine bottle gourd along with other vegetables to make it more flavourful and nutritious. Lauki also known as bottle gourd or opo squash is used in indian cuisine in various ways. Chopped bottle gourd should be placed in glass stainless steel containers covered with cling film and then refrigerated. When dried and hollowed they make excellent containers.
Lauki is also called as dudhi marathi and gujarati ghiya hindi and sorakaya in regional languages. Add the glass noodles followed the seasonings salt white pepper and chicken stock continue stir frying until the gravy dries up and the glass noodles are soft. Here comes a creamy and yummy bottle gourd soup. Place bottle gourd in a zip lock bag freeze bag and store under refrigerated conditions.
Bottle gourd is also known as lauki ghiya dudhi in india. Bottle gourd is rich in fiber and essential minerals iron and protein. This cream style ghiya recipe is a hit on the dining table when served with a generous topping of cream along with chillies. Handvo a traditional gujarati recipe handvo is a savoury cake made of a combination of lentils rice bottle gourd buttermilk herbs and spices.
So this one s a spanish recipe for making gourd soup. Bring to boil and reduce the heat let it simmer until the bottle gourd has become soft. Health benefits of bottle gourd doodhi lauki 1. For thousands of years the chinese used these gourds as bottles to carry water or wine or as ladles when cut into halves.
It is an everyday vegetable which can be used to make sabzi dal pulao and many other dishes. It can be cooked into a variety of dishes from salads to traditional moroccan tagine recipes and much more. Lauki is very healthy and its good to include this veggie in your diet. Hulu bottle decoration is a folk art that is still practiced in many parts of china even now.
Bottle gourd curry recipe one of the easiest bottle gourd recipes from indian cuisine. Bottle gourd soup recipe with step by step photos. Bottle gourd a vegetable which is used in almost all the indian households.