Name: Lauki ka Raita or Bottle Gourd Raita
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 Cup Lauki, grated; 1 Cup Plain Dahi; 1 Cups Water; 1 tsp. Oil; 1/2 tsp. Salt; 2 Green Chillies (fine chopped); 1 tsp. Red Chillies; 1/2 tsp. Cumin Powder (Roasted); 1/2 tsp. Black Salt; ½ tsp. chaat masala; 1/2 tsp. Cumin Seed; Coriander Leaves

Raitas

Lauki ka Raita or Bottle Gourd Raita

Oct 05, 2020 | Jyoti Gupta |

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5 serves
00h:10m prep
00h:15m cook

Lauki ka Raita or Bottle Gourd Raita is a very tasty and refreshing raita recipe prepared with bottle gourd (lauki or doodhi), yogurt, and a mild mix of spices. This lauki ka raita is very healthy as well as easy to make. This mouthwatering lauki ka raita goes well with any dish like parathas, roti, puri, rice or pulao.

Ingredients

2 Cup Lauki, grated
1 Cup Plain Dahi
1 Cups Water
1 tsp. Oil
1/2 tsp. Salt
2 Green Chillies (fine chopped)
1 tsp. Red Chillies
1/2 tsp. Cumin Powder (Roasted)
1/2 tsp. Black Salt
½ tsp. chaat masala
1/2 tsp. Cumin Seed
Coriander Leaves

Cooking Instructions

Wash the gourd and grate it.
Then heat a pan, add 1 teaspoon oil to it, cumin seed, Loki and cook it on medium flame in steam for 10 minutes
Make sure that the gourd does not burn and keep running in the middle.
When the gourd becomes soft, turn off the gas and let the gourd cool.
Meanwhile, beat the curd into a smooth consistency in a large bowl.
Then add 1 cup water mix in curd and beat smooth
Take plain curd and put the cooked lauki in it.
Add green chilies, cumin powder, black salt and chaat masala, salt, some more of red chilies powder.
Mix all the ingredients thoroughly. Garnish with coriander leaves, red chillies powder, cumin powder, and chaat masala.