Name: Bottle Gourd (Lauki) Muthiya recipe by Meena Pareyani at BetterButter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: ½ bottle gourd (lauki); 3 teaspoons dry mango powder (amchur); 2 teaspoons sugar; 2 teaspoons roasted sooji; 1 teaspoon daliya ground; 3 teaspoons turmeric; 3 teaspoons red chilly powder; 3 teaspoons sesame seeds (til); 1 teaspoon mustard seeds; 1 tablespoon curd; 3 green chillies; 12 curry leaves; 3 tablespoons butter; 2 teaspoon oil; 1 banana leaf; Salt to taste

Ingredients Serving: 4

½ bottle gourd (lauki)
3 teaspoons dry mango powder (amchur)
2 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons roasted sooji
1 teaspoon daliya ground
3 teaspoons turmeric
3 teaspoons red chilly powder
3 teaspoons sesame seeds (til)
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 tablespoon curd
3 green chillies
12 curry leaves
3 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoon oil
1 banana leaf
Salt to taste

Instructions

In a bowl, grate the bottle gourd into fine small slices. Add dry mango powder, a pinch of sugar, some roasted sooji, grounded daliya, salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, sesame seeds and curd. Mix them well.
Make this mixture into small shapes. Place a banana leaf inside the steamer and brush a little oil on top of the leaf. Place the small shapes on the banana leaf and steam them for some time.
To make the accompaniment, take a few slit green chillies in a bowl. Add a little sugar, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, dry mango powder, salt, sesame seeds and butter.
Mix these well and then keep these chillies too in the steamer.
Heat butter in a pan, add mustard seeds, red chilli powder and curry leaves.
When the muthiya and chillies are cooked, transfer them to a serving dish. Sprinkle the tempered curry leaves mix on top and garnish it with curd.

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