SORAKAYA MASALA[bottle gourd curry]

This recipe is from my amma[mother].She use to prepair this curry on sunday mornings with pooris Iam sending this curry to Pooja's vegetable of the week wow-Bottle gourd at www creativepooja.blogspot.com

INGREDIENTS:-

bottle gourd-[sorakaya]--1

onion---1

green chillis--4-5

FOR SEASONING:-

mustard seeds-1/2teasp

cumin seeds-1/2teasp

a few curry leaves

FOR MASALA:-

kush kush[poppy seeds][gasalu]-1tebsp

greated coconut-1/2tebsp

cashew nuts---8-10

garlic cloves--8

grind all above ingredients in to a smooth paste with a little water.

METHOD:-

1.cut bottle gourd in to small peaces, chopp onion and green chillis

2.heat oil in a pan add mustard.cumin,curryleaves then add chopped onion fry till onions became soft.

3.now add bottle gourd peaces,salt,chilli powder,turmeric powder and ground masala mix well and cook in a low flame cover with lid and cook till bottle gourd became soft remove from fire.

serve hot with rice or roti or pooris.http://creativepooja.blogspot.com/2008/06/vegetable-of-week-is.html