Bottle Gourd Curry / Sorakaya Koora

(Serves 2)
Ingredients

1. Bottle Gourd - 1/2
2. Turmeric - 1 table spoon
3. Red Chilli Powder - 1 table spoon
4. Salt as needed
5. Besan or Gram flour - 3 table spoons
6. Jaggery - 2 tablespoons
7. Oil - 2 tablespoons
8. Mustard seeds - 1 tablespoon
9. Jeera - 1 table spoon
10. Water - 1/2 cup

Method

• Heat the oil in a pan
• Add mustard seeds and jeera seeds
• Once they start spluttering, add the cut bottle gourd pieces
• Boil the vegetable with a closed lid.
• Keep stirring to avoid the pan base from getting charred.
• Once the vegetable is cooked, add turmeric, red chilli powder, jaggery and salt.
• Let it cook for a while with closed lid.
• Mix the besan or gram flour in 1/2 cup of water.
• Add this water to the cooked vegetable and stir till a consistency is achieved.
• This curry is easy to prepare and tastes very good with roti/rice.