Why Is Lauki (Bottle Gourd) Such a Popular Summer Food in India?
Here’s why lauki/bottle gourd is regarded as a must-have summer dish:
- Contains Essential Nutrients – Vitamin A, Vitamin B, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, and Vitamin E are all found in this one vegetable. Manganese, potassium, and iron are among the other minerals found in it. All of these factors combine to make lauki a nutritious diet that protects against both common infections and serious diseases.
- Boosts Weight Loss Efforts – Bottle gourd is more than 90% water, with nearly minimal calories and no saturated fats. As a result, it’s regarded as a light-weight food, and its high fibre content improves digestion while also assisting in the burning of excess calories.
- Defends Against Summer Heat – Lauki, which is high in electrolytes, replenishes the energy lost via sweating. Lauki juice is a superfood.
Ingredients:
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- 1 standard size lauki/lau
- 2 small potatoes
- 1 small tomato
- 1 or 2 green chillies(as per ur taste)
- Approx.1 inch piece of ginger
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 dry red chilli
- 1tsp cumin seeds(gota jeera)
- 1 tsp salt(as per your taste)
- 1 and 1/2 tsp corriander powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder(as per your taste)
- 1tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1tsp garam masala
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Garnishing:
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- 1tsp desi ghee
- few corriander leaves
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Procedure:
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- Cut potatoes into small cubes
- Cut lauki/lau into cubes slightly bigger than potatoes because potatoes take lttle more time to cook than lauki
- cut tomato into small cubes
- Heat mustard oil in a kadhai
- Once the oil is hot,simmer it and put 1 bay leaf,1 dry red chilli and few cumin seeds
- Wait till the cumin seeds crackle,then put potatoes and lauki and add little about 1/4 tsp of salt
- Fry it on high flame till it turns into slight golden brown not black
- Put the diced tomato into kadhai
- Fry for another 1 to 2 mins
- Then put grated ginger,rest of the salt and sugar and all the above mentioned spices along with a cup of water
- Cover it and put the flame in medum till the potatoes and lauki gets cooked and oil separates
- Once oil separates take out the lid and fry it for another 2 mins
- Sabzi/Tarkari is ready to serve
- Garnish it with a tsp of ghee and few corriander leaves
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Serves:
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- 2 people
- Serve it with chapati or hot steamed rice
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Nutritional Value:
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- It is extremely popular for weight loss.
- Lauki is extremely popular for reducing high blood pressure and keeping our heart healthy
- It contains many vitamins and minerals, such as, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, Vitamin A, C and folate.
- It is cooling, calming, diuretic and anti-bilious.
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