Sorakaya Curry ~ Bottle Gourd Curry

This one type of Sorakaya curry  is, which can be easily prepared in a cooking pan ,pressure cooker or directly in a vessel.Usually in India ,Grandmothers and Mothers  used to suggest the delivery ladies who gives birth to a child ,to take these curry atleast for three months.By doing so the mothers can feed their baby by producing a lot of milk.Not only delivered ladies ,all can also have this curry to taste.So here goes my recipe.

Ingredients:

• Sorakaya/Bottlegourd- 1 no medium size
• Greenchilies- 3no chopped
• Kothimeer leaves- few handful

Tadka/Seasoning:

• Oil-1 tbsp
• Turmeric/Haldi/Pasupu- a pinch
• Cumin seeds-1/2 tsp
• Mustard seeds-1/2tsp
• Curryleaves- 4no

Cooking process:

• Take a Bottle Gourd / Sorakaya,peel off the outer layer of the skin.
• Clean it with water,cut in to small pieces,before doing so check the bitterness of the Vegetable,sometimes there may be a chance to happen so.
• If the seeds inside the vegetable is soft add for cooking otherwise remove it from the vegetable if it is hard.
• Take a cooking pan / pressure cooker/ vessel,heat it with oil.
• Add the cumin seeds ,mustard seeds,turmeric,Curryleaves and fry it.
• Later add the greenchillies and Bottlegourd pieces and mix well with a spatula  and adjust with salt.
• After adding salt,vegetable releases the water,and if necessary add very little amount of water and cook it for about 5minutes covering with a lid.
• Allow to cook for 3 whistles in a pressure Cooker.
• If you are cooking a vessel/Pan,please check the vegatable do not stick the bottom of the vessel; add water if needed and stir with a spatula in the middle of the cook .
• Observe to keep the gas in a Lowflame.
• Once the Cooking is done ,turn off the gas.
• Serve it in to a bowl and garnish with Kothimeer leaves.
• Combination goes well and tastes good  with Hot Rice.

Note:

• I prepared this Curry by using a Pressure cooker.
• You can aslo add little milk while cooking,instead of water,this also tastes good.