Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, lauki posto bottle gourd with poppy seeds paste. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lauki Posto (bottle gourd cooked with poppy seeds) is an absolute delight for green vegetable lovers. The credit for this recipe goes to my friend Shalini and her husband Alok. Lau Posto (Bottle Gourd Curry cooked with Poppy Seeds Paste - Bengali Style) This healthy and wonder veggie can be made use of in making many yummy dishes.
Lauki Posto Bottle gourd with Poppy seeds Paste is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Lauki Posto Bottle gourd with Poppy seeds Paste is something that I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lauki posto bottle gourd with poppy seeds paste using 11 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Lauki Posto Bottle gourd with Poppy seeds Paste:
- Take 1 medium lauki
- Prepare 2 tsp ghee
- Get 1/4 tsp hing (asfoetida)
- Prepare 1/3 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
- Take 1 tsp panch phoran
- Take 1/3 tsp turmeric powder
- Prepare 1 tsp chopped green chilli
- Get 1/3 tsp cumin powder
- Get 3 tbsp poppy seeds ground to paste
- Make ready as needed chopped coriander leaves to garnish
- Make ready to taste Salt
I love it because normal North Indian Lauki preparation is a very simple preparation, normally given to sick people so this recipe is a great alternative for preparing Lauki. Lau Posta (Bottle gourd in poppy seeds gravy) How do I classify if a recipe is 'authentic' odia or not ?? How far do I need to travel back in time to unearth its origins ? Now that people keep asking me that question, I have set my own parameters to gauge the authenticity of a recipe.
Instructions to make Lauki Posto Bottle gourd with Poppy seeds Paste:
- Wash, peel off and chopped the lauki. I chopped into small pieces. - - Mix the turmeric powder well with the chopped lauki in a microwave safe glass bowl. Cook in the pre-heated oven for 4 minutes. - - Heat ghee in a pan. Add panch phoran and let it splutter. Add hing and chopped green chilli. Saute for 30 seconds in low flame.
- Add lauki pieces and mix well. Also mix salt, red chilli powder and cumin powder, cook for a minute. Mix the poppy paste well with lauki and add a little water. Cook in low to medium flame for 3 minutes or till it's dry and done. - - Lauki posto is ready to serve. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves before serving. - Thanks
If it was a dish that my 'Jejema/Dadi' or 'Aai/Nani' used to. Add a green chilli and grind till a thick paste is formed. My way: Use a dry grinder to grind the poppy seeds till its a fine powder. Lauki Ke Kofte or Bottle Guard dumpling is a veg curry in which kofta made with bottle gourd are cooked in a light tomato and onion gravy. Mustard paste: use the ready-made mustard paste available in market if you can not find paste handy. make sure you add a pinch of salt while preparing the paste to cut the bitterness.
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