Bottle Gaurd Curry

Its yet another one of my favorite dish with chappathi/roti.

Here comes the recipe.

Ingredient

• 1 medium bottle gaurd
• 1Cup - Onion(finely chopped)
• 1/2Cup - Tomato
• 1/4Cup - Tamarind water
• 1tsp - Gigner Garlic paste
• 1tsp - Cumin seeds
• 1/4tsp - Turmeric Powder
• 1tsp - Red chilli powder
• 1tsp - Corriander Powder
• 1tsp - Chicken masala Powder (Optional) I love to add it
• Salt to Taste
• Oil

To Grind

• 1/2Cup - Coconut
• 2tsp - Roasted channa dal/Pottukadalai

Procedure

Grind the Coconut,roasted channa dal along with little water to fine paste.

Heat the oil in a pan,add cumin seeds,when it pops up,add onion n fry till it turns transparent,add tomatos n cook till the oil oozes out.

Add Ginger Garlic paste n fry till the smell goes off n add all the powdered ingredients n stir for few mins

Add Chopped Bottle Gaurd n mix well,add 1/4 water,close the lid n cook for 5-8mins

Now add the grounded paste n tamarind water mix well,close the lid n cook till the bottle gaurd turns soft n gravy thickens.

Serve hot with Rice/chappathi/rotis.