Sorakaya/Bottle gourd-Curry

Ingredients:-

Bottle gourd 1 (Medium size)
Onions 2 (Big size)
Mirchi/Red Chillies 2 (Big size)

Talimpu/Popu/Tadka/Seasoning

Oil 4 tspns for Talimpu/Seasoning
Garlic / Vellullipayalu - 4 medium size slices
Mustard seeds -1 tspn
Jeera - 1 tspn
Curry leaves 10-12
Senagapappu / Bengal gram dal - 3/4 tspn
Minapappu / black gram - 1/2 tspn
Turmeric powder 1/2 tspn
Coriander leaves 6 stems
Salt to taste

Procedure:-

1) Cut the Bottle gaurd/sorakaya to small pieces (an inch size) and chop the onions. Cut chillies vertically to small pieces.

                                                    
2) In a sauting pan add 4 teaspoons of oil. Add crushed garlic slices, mustart seeds, jeera,curry leaves, let the mixture heat for 2 minutes.

3) Add choped oninos and chillies to the mixture and fry it till onions turn to light brown color.

  

4) Add Turmeric and mix it well.
                                         

5) Close the lid and heat it for 5 to 6 minutes
                                           

6) Onions became light brown and properly fried in pan.
                                          

7) Add Sorakaya Pieces / bottle gaurd pieces, close the lib and let it boil for 15 minutes. There is no need to add water to the curry since bottle gaurd produces water during boiling. If the bottle gaurd is some what dry, add some water.

          

8) I added half glass water to the mixture and boiled till the pieces becomes well boiled.
                                               
                                                 

9) Add Ginger Garlic paste and mix it well.
                                               
10) When curry is well boiled, add chopped coriander leaves to curry and serve.
                                                 
                                                
                            Yummy Sorakaya curry is ready to eat with Rice/ Roti..