How to make Lauki raita -
This is a good way to use bottle gourds. Ensure that you squeeze out any excess water from the cooked bottle gourd.
This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.
Main Ingredients : Bottle gourd (lauki or doodhi), Yogurt (दही)
Cuisine : Indian
Course : Raitas
You can also find more Raitas recipes like Mixed Raita Palak Raita Lauki Raita Cucumber Pachdi
Lauki raita Recipe Card
History of Indian cuisine dates back to nearly 5,000-years ago when various groups and cultures interacted with India that led to a diversity of flavours and regional cuisines.
Indian cuisine comprises of a number of regional cuisines. The diversity in soil type, climate, culture, ethnic group and occupations, these cuisines differ from each other mainly due to the use of locally available spices, herbs, vegetables and fruits. Indian food is also influenced by religious and cultural choices and traditions.
Foreign invasions, trade relations and colonialism had introduced certain foods to the country like potato, chillies and breadfruit.
Prep Time : 11-15 minutes
Cook time : 6-10 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Mild
Ingredients for Lauki raita Recipe
Bottle gourd (lauki or doodhi) 250 grams
Yogurt (Natural low-fat) chilled 375 grams
Salt a pinch
Red chilli powder a pinch
Roasted cumin powder a pinch
Method
Step 1
Peel and grate the bottle gourd. Boil the grated bottle gourd with the salt for 5 minutes. Drain and allow to cool.
Step 2
Whisk the chilled yogurt and add the red chilli powder. Add the bottle gourd and mix well. Serve sprinkled with cumin powder.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 265 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 18.6 gm
Protein : 12.6 gm
Fat : 15.7 gm
Other : Calcium- 641.1mg
Most Visited Recipes
Chef Sanjeev Kapoor is the most celebrated face of Indian cuisine. He is Chef extraordinaire, runs a successful TV Channel FoodFood, hosted Khana Khazana cookery show on television for more than 17 years, author of 150+ best selling cookbooks, restaurateur and winner of several culinary awards. He is living his dream of making Indian cuisine the number one in the world and empowering women through power of cooking to become self sufficient. His recipe portal www.sanjeevkapoor.com is a complete cookery manual with a compendium of more than 10,000 tried & tested recipes, videos, articles, tips & trivia and a wealth of information on the art and craft of cooking in both English and Hindi.
