Lauki Tamatar Sabzi Recipe
a healthy vegetable dish made from bottle gourd and tomatoes with few basic spices. This goes perfect with roti or paratha.
Servings 2 servings
Calories 112kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 2 small Green chilies chopped finely
- 2 small or 1 cup Tomato chopped finely
- 1 teaspoon Red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon Coriander powder
- 1 teaspoon Cumin powder
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
- 3 cups Lauki (Bottle gourd or Dudhi) peeled and cubed
- ½ cup Water
- 2 tablespoons Cilantro or coriander leaves finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon Lemon juice or to taste
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat.
- Once hot add cumin seeds and let them sizzle.
- Add chopped green chilies and saute for 30 seconds.
- Mix in chopped tomatoes and Cook till they are soft and mushy.
- Now add salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder, cumin powder and coriander powder. Mix well and cook for a minute.
- Now add lauki and mix well.
- Add water and stir.
- Cover the let it cook. Do stir once or twice in between.
- Cook till lauki is soft and tender, but not mushy.
- Open the lid, if it is too watery then let the water boil uncovered for few minutes.
- Then add chopped coriander leaves and turn off the stove.
- Lastly squeeze in fresh lemon juice.
- Stir well to combine.
Nutrition
Calories: 112kcal | Carbohydrates: 10.6g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4.6g | Sodium: 322.4mg | Potassium: 462.2mg | Fiber: 2.1g | Sugar: 0.2g | Vitamin A: 970IU | Vitamin C: 28.9mg | Calcium: 58mg | Iron: 2.2mg
*Nutrition information is a rough estimate for 1 serving
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