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    Home » Curry/Gravy » Lauki Ki Sabji | Lauki Tamatar Ki Sabji | How To Make Lauki Sabzi

    Lauki Ki Sabji | Lauki Tamatar Ki Sabji | How To Make Lauki Sabzi

    Published: Jan 26, 2019 · Modified: Feb 9, 2019 by Bhawana ·

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    Lauki ki sabji or lauki tamatar ki sabzi is easy and simple curry to make for lunch or dinner. It is an integral part of the Indian kitchen due to its health benefits especially in the Northern part of India. Lauki ki sabji is a vegan, low-calorie and gluten-free curry/gravy recipe.lauki tamatar ki sabji served in bowl with serving spoon.

    I love veggies like bottle gourd, ridge gourd, bitter gourd. These vegetables are so versatile in terms of cooking that a slight change in cooking style gives you a different result every time. Lauki or bottle gourd is a blend and tasteless vegetable that is the reason this lauki tamatar ki sabzi is a bit spicy and taste amazing.

    Lauki is known as various names in different language, some of them are

    • doodhi
    • ghiya
    • sorakaya
    • sorakkai
    • bottle gourd
    • opo squash

    What Are The Benefits Of Lauki or Bottle Gourd?

    Bottle gourd is a great healthy and nutrients rich vegetable. It helps in digestion and promote weight loss. It consists of 90% of water content due to which it helps to keep the body cool in summer and also cures diarrhea. Lauki is rich in fiber, vitamins, minerals and low in calorie, it also contains sodium, potassium to some extent. You can read 16 amazing reasons why lauki is considered a healthy vegetable.

    How To Cook Lauki or Bottle Gourd Vegetable?

    By nature, bottle gourd is very blended in taste due to which kids and adults do not like it much. To make it tastier addition of spices are a must. Adding tomato gives a tangy and delicious flavor to the gravy. Lauki is used to prepare a variety of recipes like lauki ki kheer, lauki thepla, lauki ka halwa, lauki ki burfi, lauki raita, lauki paratha, lauki kofta curry, lauki alu ki sabji. Also combining with different lentils results in amazing lentil curries like lauki with chana dal, lauki with yellow lentil. Somehow this vegetable has been in my favorite list of vegetables.

    I used a stove top pressure cooker to make this doodhi ki sabzi. By all means, this lip-smacking curry can be prepared in Instant pot too. Bottle gourd is a must have vegetable after childbirth as it is easy to digest and light vegetable. Adding ghee (clarified) makes it tasty too as the new mother needs the nutrition. However, it is totally optional.

    Can I Cook Lauki Tamatar Ki Sabzi In Instant Pot?

    Yes, this delicious curry/gravy recipe can be cooked easily in instant pot. Saute onion, tomato with rest of ingredients and add chopped bottle gourd. Pressure cook it for 5 minutes and let naturally releases the pressure. Garnish with chopped coriander and serve with any Indian flatbread and rice. You can check more than 26 Indian flatbread collection for reference.

    How To Make No Onion No Garlic Lauki Ki Sabji (satvik sabji)?

    To make lauki sabzi I have used onion and garlic. You can eliminate these two ingredients and make no onion no garlic lauki ki sabji. During fasting, lauki is also consumed by some families as per tradition, during fasting days no onion, no garlic dishes are a must.

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    To make lauki sabzi in the pressure cooker I first boiled bottle gourd with salt and tomato for 4-5 whistles. Later prepared to temper and added to the boiled bottlegourd. So let see how to make this finger-licking lauki ki sabji from scratch.close up click of the lauki tamatar ki sabji

    Lauki Ki Sabji | Lauki Tamatar Ki Sabji Recipe

    Ingredient                                                        4 Servings

    1 medium size bottlegourd chopped
    1.5 Cup water
    1 chopped tomato

    For Tempering
    1.5 Tblsp vegetable oil
    2 medium size onion chopped
    1 teaspoon cumin seeds
    A pinch of asafoetida
    1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
    2 green chili
    1 teaspoon kitchen king (garam masala)
    1 teaspoon Turmeric
    ¼ teaspoon chili powder
    Salt as per taste
    Green coriander chopped finely

    How To Make Lauki Ki Sabji or Lauki Tamatar Ki Sabzi

    1. First of all, clean wash and chop the bottlegourd. Boil the chopped bottlegourd with chopped tomatoes and 1.5 cups of water. 4-5 whistles are enough to cook them nicely. Let it sit for sometime till pressure goes down.
    2. Meanwhile, prepare for tempering. Heat oil in a pan on medium heat.
    3. When the oil is hot enough add cumin seeds.
    4. Once cumin seeds start spluttering add ginger garlic paste. Fry this until the raw smell of garlic goes away.
    5. To this, add chopped onion and fry them till they become golden brown.
    6. Now add all dry spices listed one by one, mix well.
    7. Finally, add the boiled bottlegourd and cook for another 5-6 min.
    8. Garnish it with green chopped coriander and serve with chapati/paratha and rice.
    9. Enjoy this finger-licking simple yet tasty lauki ki sabji or lauki tamatar ki sabji.

    Note

    1. Adjust spices as per taste. For me, this measurement was good enough.
    2. If you need dry version then don't add water, simply add chopped bottle gourd and cook by covering the lid.
    3. You can add chopped potatoes as well then lauki alu ki sabji will be ready.

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    Lauki ki sabji is easy and simple curry to make for lunch or dinner. Lauki is an integral part of the Indian kitchen due to its health benefits. Lauki is known as various names like doodhi, ghiya, sorakaya, sorakkai in the different language, and bottle gourd or opo squash in English. Lauki ki sabji is a vegan, low-calorie and gluten-free curry recipe.

    Lauki Ki Sabji | How To Make Lauki Sabzi | Lauki Tamatar Ki Sabji

    Lauki ki sabji is easy and simple curry to make for lunch or dinner. It is an integral part of the Indian kitchen due to its health benefits especially in the Northern part of India. Lauki ki sabji is a vegan, low-calorie and gluten-free curry recipe.
    5 from 5 votes
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    Course: Main Course, Side Dish
    Cuisine: Indian
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 25 minutes
    Total Time: 35 minutes
    Servings: 4 Serving
    Calories:
    Author: Bhawana

    Ingredients

    • 1 medium size bottlegourd chopped
    • 1.5 Cup water
    • 1 chopped tomato

    For Tempering

    • 1.5 Tblsp vegetable oil
    • 2 medium size onion chopped
    • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
    • A pinch of asafoetida
    • 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
    • 2 green chili
    • 1 teaspoon kitchen king (garam masala)
    • 1 teaspoon Turmeric
    • ¼ teaspoon chili powder
    • Salt as per taste
    • Green coriander chopped finely

    Instructions

    • First of all, clean wash and chop the bottlegourd. Boil the chopped bottlegourd with chopped tomatoes and 1.5 cups of water. 4-5 whistles are enough to cook them nicely. Let it sit for sometime till pressure goes down.
    • Meanwhile, prepare for tempering. Heat oil in a pan on medium heat.
    • When the oil is hot enough add cumin seeds.
    • Once cumin seeds start spluttering add ginger garlic paste. Fry this until the raw smell of garlic goes away.
    • To this, add chopped onion and fry them till they become golden brown.
    • Now add all dry spices listed one by one, mix well.
    • Finally, add the boiled bottlegourd and cook for another 5-6 min.
    • Garnish it with green chopped coriander and serve with chapati/paratha and rice.
    • Enjoy this finger-licking simple yet tasty lauki ki sabji or lauki tamatar ki sabji.

    Notes

    1. Adjust spices as per taste. For me, this measurement was good enough.
    2. If you need dry version then don’t add water, simply add chopped bottle gourd and cook by covering the lid.
    3. You can add chopped potatoes as well then lauki alu ki sabji will be ready.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 0g | Carbohydrates: 0g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 0g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 0mg | Potassium: 0mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 0g | Vitamin A: 0IU | Vitamin C: 0mg | Calcium: 0mg | Iron: 0mg
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    1. Renu

      February 08, 2019 at 9:32 am

      5 stars
      I use to hate this vegetable as a kid but had to eat it. Loved your version of adding tomatoes to the sabji, must have given an awesome taste.

      Reply
    2. Suma Gandlur

      January 31, 2019 at 5:05 pm

      I make bottle gourd curry almost similarly using different spices and can imagine how good this must have tasted.

      Reply
    3. harini

      January 31, 2019 at 11:27 am

      5 stars
      Love bottle gourd in all its variety and this sounds so comforting and flavorful.

      Reply
    4. Pavani

      January 30, 2019 at 5:37 pm

      5 stars
      Simple, everyday Lauki curry - looks delicious. Adding kitchen king masala must have made with special. great to serve with rice or roti.

      Reply
    5. Vaishali Sabnani

      January 30, 2019 at 8:50 am

      Lauki ki sabzi is one of the most cooked veggies in our house . I cook this veggie almost in the same manner except for the onion . The sabzi looks wonderful , and makes a perfect meal with rotis .

      Reply
    6. Gayathri Kumar

      January 30, 2019 at 7:32 am

      That is a delicious curry with lauki. This would pair well with roti as well as rice. Yum.

      Reply
    7. sapna

      January 29, 2019 at 2:02 pm

      5 stars
      This is my kind of lauki sabzi and I just love it with some hot chapatis.

      Reply
    8. Rajani

      January 29, 2019 at 8:14 am

      This seems like a good side dish for roti and I agree with you. Bottlegourd is a veggie that takes most of the flavor from the spices used.

      Reply
    9. Usha

      January 28, 2019 at 6:18 am

      5 stars
      Luaki tamatar is one of our favorites at home. Perfect for roti and maybe even rice. I add some yogurt or milk to the gravy.

      Reply
    10. Srivalli Jetti

      January 27, 2019 at 9:57 pm

      This is surely an everyday delight that can be made for lunch!

      Reply

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