Bottle gourd/Aanapakaya Pulusu

Ingredients: Bottle gourd/ Aanapakaya 1 medium size Tamarind pulp 1 cup Green chilies 5, 6 (not using chili powder, only green chilies) Jaggery / sugar  1 tbsp (as per taste) Salt  For Tadka: Oil Mustard seeds /Aavallu 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds /Jeera     1/4 tsp Turmeric/ haldi  1/4 tsp Curry leaves few Dry red chilies 2,…

Bottle gourd Poori with Finger Millets flour / Aanapakaya/ Sorakaya/Lauki Poori with Ragi flour

Ingredients: Ragi flour / Finger millet flour 1 cup Shreded Bottle gourd / Anapakaya  1 cup Green chilli paste 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds 1/4 tsp Seasame seeds 1 tbs Curry leaves few Coriander leaves Salt Ginger garlic paste 1/4 tsp (optional) Shrde the bottle gourd and keep it aside for 5 mins. Method: Squeeze the water…

Aanapakaya Halwa / Bottle gourd Halwa

Ingredients: Bottles gourds 2 (any size) Sugar Water Ghee 1 scoop Some melon seeds Method: Peel the  Anapakaya / Bottle gourd, Shreded  both of them and let it keep aside at least 15 mins. Squeeze out the water from Bottle Gourd (DO NOT THROW THE BOTTLE GOURD WATER). In a wide pan,  fry it for 10 mins on…

Bottle gourd and gongura / Anapakaya and gongura Curry

Bottle gourd 1 medium size Gongura leaves 1.2 bunch Onion 1 medium  Green chilies 3, 4 Curry leaves few Oil – 3 tbs Salt For Tadka Mustard seeds 1/2 tbs Cumin seeds 1/2 tbs Turmeric 1/2 tbs In a pan, heat up oil, add all ingredients of Tadka along with curry leaves and Green chilies….