Comments on: Bottle Gourd Curry (Dudhi/Sorakaya Kura)

by: Carol Wood

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:32:43 +0000

A friend gave me some bottle gourd seeds and not knowing much about them, I planted 3 seeds. My garden was overtaken by the vine whose leaves are very smelly and has a delicate white flower. It even started climbing up a maple tree that is nearby. When it finally produced a fruit, I picked one when it was about 3 inches, was told to let them keep growing and now have one that is 3 feet long and about 24 inches in diameter. I took one to our grandson’s birthday party(his great grandmother is Italian on the other side) and his other grandfather remembers shooting them with a bebe gun when he was growing up in southern Louisiana(Hammond, to be exact). I am enjoying just slicing them and frying them with a little onion and salt. Delicious! Also going to try drying them for birdhouses. What fun it is to be retired!

by: Preetii

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:18:19 +0000

Hi guys, nice to know so much about ur sorkaya, it is very good health wise also, now for ur chapatis i have one small 1 or 2tips maybe it will be helpfull, after boiling the milk dont just wash the utensil make some luke warm water in it and kneed atta with that.

Secondly mix atta with little water keep atta aside for sometime while say 2-3 mnts just patting with little water and after 2-3 mnts kneed little. chapatis will be soft

by: Sree Manne

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:04:00 +0000

Hi Indira,
I made this recipe today. For some reason, the curry came out too thick and the it tastes more of dalia and less of doodhi. Any idea where I could have gone wrong. I did use one cup of dalia for this curry.
Thank you,
Sree
PS: I have been following your blog for the past 2 years and I sure am a big fan of your recipes.

by: Kannan Subrahmanyan

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:46:05 +0000

Hi,

This recipe with dalia and bottle gourd is just excellent. I am working from home, while my wife teaches in a school. I just happened to visit your blog and found this recipe 0 I just dashed to the kitched and made it. Thanks so much

by: Anita

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:32:08 +0000

Ya, bottle gourd juice helps in reducing weight. You can grate the bottle gourd and squeeze out the water from it and drink it. Alternatively, u can blend the grated gourd in a mixer and drink it. I prefer the latter. U can add a pinch of salt if u like. Do check out my blog www.droolingrecipes.blogspot.com and let me know your comments about the recipes posted there.

Anita

by: Suseela

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:41:07 +0000

Hi,

This curry came out very well and I am very big fan of your recipies.

Thanks a lot.
-Suseela.

by: Carrie

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:55:26 +0000

Where can i buy either bottle gourd juice or pumpkin juice in kansas city area? Thanks

by: Radhika

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:02:59 +0000

excelllent.. just i made it. it came good…

by: latha

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:26:21 +0000

I tried this with corn flour(instead of dhalia powder) and was good.

by: Ferooza

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:33:09 +0000

Best atta in the market is Sujata stone ground atta.

Does drinking lauki juice really reduce weight? Has anyone experienced it?
Ferooza