Sorakaya Paalu Kura | Bottle Gourd Curry With Milk | Anapakaya Paalu Kura
Recipe prepared by Smt Jhansi Lakshmi
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Article written by Lakshmi Aparna
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Course: Main
Serves: 2-3
Main ingredient: Bottle gourd
1 bowl measurement: 250 ml
Ingredients
Bottle gourd (sorakaya, anapakaya)
Onion: 1 medium
Green chillies: 2
Boiled milk: 1 bowl (choose whole milk for good taste)
For talimpu
Dry red chilly (endumirapa): 1, cumin seeds (jeelakarra): 1 tbsp, mustard seeds (aavalu): 1 tbsp
Curry leaves: Few
Salt: As per taste
Oil: 2 tbsp
Red chilly powder (kaaram): 1 tbsp
Procedure
Step 1: Chop the bottle gourd and onion into small pieces
Step 2: Heat 2 tbsp oil in a kadai. Saute (fry) each spice one by one in one seconds gap
For talimpu
Add 1 tbsp cumin seeds and 1 dry red chilly split into two
Add 1 tbsp mustard seeds
Step 3: Add and mix green chillies and onion. Saute (fry) for 2 minutes in low flame
Step 4: Add and mix bottle gourd pieces to it. Saute (fry) for a minute
Step 5: Add and mix 2 sliced green chillies. Saute (fry) for 1 minute in medium flame
Step 6: Add and mix salt. Saute (fry) for a minute in medium flame
Step 7: Add 1/4 bowl water, close the lid and cook for 5 minutes in medium flame
Step 8: Open the lid and add 1/2 tbsp red chilly powder, mix it and cook for a minute in medium flame
Step 9: Add and mix 1 bowl boiled milk. Cook for 2-3 minutes in high flame stirring the mix once in a while
Turn off the flame and serve hot :)
Sorakaya paalu is a good combination of steamed rice, pulka, roti, chapati.
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