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Sorakkai Kondakadalai Kootu - Bottle gourd Chickpeas Curry - Healthy Sidedish for lunch

Sorakkai Kondakadalai Kootu is one of the tasty, delicious recipe which goes well with rice and rotis. Sorakkai or Bottlegourd has numerous health benefits and including this in our day to day life makes our food a nutritive one. Bottlegourd is good for people who are suffering from heart disease, diabetes and also helps to lower the blood pressure. It also improves liver function, cures jaundice, prevents constipation, relieves acidityand indigestion problems. Read this article to get to know the recipe of Bottleguard.


Ingredients for making Sorakkai Kondakadalai Kootu

Gram dal - 1/2 cup

Bottle gourd - 2 cups chopped

Cooked Chickpeas - 1/2 cup (optional)

Onion - 1 medium

Tomato  -  1

A pinch of Turmeric powder

Salt to taste


To Temper

Oil - 2 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp.

Cumin seeds     1/2 tsp.

Asofoetida     a generous pinch

A sprig of Curry leaves


To Roast and Grind

Oil - 1/2 tsp.

Peanuts - 2 tbsp.

Red chillies - 2

Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp.

Pepper corns - 1/2 tsp.

Grated coconut - 4 tbsp.

Method for making Sorakkai Kondakadalai Kootu

1. Wash and peel the skin of the bottle gourd, remove the center portion and chop the remaining portions into small cubes. Chop the onions and tomatoes.

2. Heat 1 tsp. oil in a kadai and roast the ingredients given under "to roast n grind", cool and then grind in to a coarse powder in a mixer.

3. Wash the gramdal, add the turmeric powder and cook this in a pressure cooker by adding 3 cups of water.

4. Add the chopped onion, tomato, bottle gourd and enough salt, close the lid and cook for a whistle.

5. Add the cooked kondaikadalai and ground powder, stir well for 3 minutes.

Now the Bottlegourd or Sorakkai Kootu is ready to be served with hot rice or rotis.

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