South Indian Bottle Gourd Curry Sorraikai Kootu Lockdown recipe
Source : Chop Vegetables And Keep Ready Prepare Ground Masala By Soaking Washed Raw Rice Cumin Seeds And Pepper Corns In Some Water After 15 Minutes Or So Add B...
PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings
Sent by PV Iyer
at : April 29, 2026
Step:
Chop vegetables and keep ready.
Prepare ground masala by soaking washed raw rice, cumin seeds and pepper corns in some water.
After 15 minutes or so add broken red chillies and coconut milk powder, grind to a smooth paste.
Wash and add moong dal in a pressure cooker.
Add all veggies to the cooker with moong dal. Add water till all vegetables are covered.
Add turmeric and sambar powder. Close the lid and take 3 whistles.
Vegetable must be well cooked and mushy.
Prepare tempering by heating coconut oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds, aesafoetida, curry leaves and udad dal. Roast till udad dal changes colour slightly.
Add boiled curry and ground masala.
Add salt and let the mixture come to boil.
Serve hot with parathas or Rasam rice, sambar rice or as a side dish.
Ingredients
Boiled curry
2 cup chopped Bottle-Gourd
2 medium size potatoes chopped
1/2 cup green peas
1 tomato chopped
1/8 cup moong dal/ split dehusked green lentil
1/4 Turmeric powder
1 teaspoon sambhar powder (optional)
Ground masala
2-4 dry red chillies
1 1/2 tablespoons raw rice
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon black pepper corns
3-4 tablespoons coconut milk powder
Tempering
2 teaspoon Coconut oil
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
Pinch hing/aesafoetida
2 teaspoons udad dal/ split dehusked black lentil
4-6 curry leaves
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