Dudhichi Bhaji – Dudhi in spicy peanut Curry

An interesting and simple but very tasty preparation. I am sure you will like this dudhi preparation.

Ingredients

1 medium size dudhi (bottle gourd)
1-2 green chillies
1/2 cup of peanuts
4-5 cloves of garlic
1 tspn oil
½ onion (medium )
½ tomato (medium)
¼ tspn turmeric powder
½ tspn mustard seeds
salt to taste
coriander leaves for garnish

Method:

Dry roast peanuts on low heat in a pan. Once they start opening a bit, remove from heat and cool on a plate. remove skin of the peanuts and keep aside.

Chop onion and tomato.  Peel and chop dudhi to around 1/2 inch cubes or any size you prefer.

Grind green chillies, onion, tomato, peanuts and garlic together to a fine paste.

Heat oil in a sauce pan. Once the oil is hot add mustard seeds. Once mustard starts crackling, add the peanut paste.  Add salt and turmeric powder, and cook for 4-5 minutes. (This is to fry raw onion and garlic in the paste).

Add chopped dudhi and 2-3 cups of water. Cover with lid and let it cook . Once dudhi is soft and cooked, garnish with chopped coriander leaves . Serve warm with rice, roti or nan bread.

Few tips – This dish is all about flavour, smell and colour – It gets creamy flavour from peanuts, appetizing smell from garlic and colour from turmeric. If you want red colour, use chilli powder instead of green chillies.

You can replace dudhi with potatoes for another yummy curry.