Lauki ka raita| summer special lauki raita| tasty recipe| recipe by kitchen with shabana

yogurt

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: buttermilk

Greek yogurt adds protein while buttermilk is cost-effective.

fresh coriander

🥗Healthier: parsley

💰Cheaper: dried coriander

Parsley retains freshness and dried coriander is budget-friendly.

Take 1 kg of yogurt and whisk it until smooth.

Set the yogurt aside after whisking.

Clean a bunch of mint leaves thoroughly.

Take 5-6 green chilies and 5-6 cloves of garlic, and blend them together to make a chutney.

Peel 1/2 bottle gourd and cut it into two halves, then wash it.

Grate the bottle gourd finely.

Boil 2 cups of water in a pan and add the grated bottle gourd.

Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt to the boiling bottle gourd and mix well.

Cook for 10-15 minutes until the bottle gourd is soft.

Drain all the water from the boiled bottle gourd and let it cool down.

In a mixing bowl, add 2 cups of yogurt, the boiled bottle gourd, and the blended chutney.

Add 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper, 1/2 teaspoon of roasted cumin powder, 1/2 teaspoon of roasted coriander powder, and 1/2 teaspoon of chaat masala to the yogurt mixture.

Mix all the ingredients well.

Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan for tempering.

Add 1/2 teaspoon of mustard seeds, 1/2 teaspoon of cumin seeds, and 5 whole dried red chilies to the hot oil.

Once the seeds start to crackle, pour the tempering over the raita.

Serve the Lauki ka Raita with roti or white rice.

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