Bottle gourd in milk gravy

This is a simple and different dish made from bottle gourd (dhoodhi / Sorakaya/ lauki). A wonderful recipe gifted by one of my old neighbor aunty.So, this takes me back to India and home! And here's what you need for this nostalgic dish :)

Ingredients:

A medium size bottle gourd or half of it cut bite size

3/4 cup- Milk

1 tsp- cumin seeds (jeera)

1/4 tsp- turmeric powder

3-4- slit green chillies

4-5- curry leaves

2 tsp- oil (coconut oil preferred)

Salt to taste

Servings: 3-4

Process:

1. Heat oil and crackle jeera. I use coconut oil as it gives a very distinctive taste and aroma to the whole dish.

2. Then add the curry leaves and slit green chillies and fry them for couple of seconds. 

3. Add the cut bottle gourd. Add salt and turmeric to it and give it a good mix.

4. Now pour the milk and little bit of water to adjust the consistency of the gravy and boil the bottle gourd in it  until it gets cooked. 

5. Mix it occasionally while the vegetable is getting cooked and the milk gravy thickens. 

Serve it with rice and add a dash of more coconut oil on top of the gravy for that extra richness.