Wednesday 30 September 2009

Bottle Gourd and Cottage Cheese Curry

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Hi Folks. As you all know I have to travel, so had been busy clearing up the refrigerator. I was left with a small bottle gourd and cottage cheese which I partly utilised in my previous post of Ajwaini Paneer in Curds Gravy. So, just thought of mixing the two and making the curry. Initially I thought of not posting it, then on second thoughts I found it another interesting idea of introducing bottle gourd, which is a rich source of many vital nutrients. Not many people like this vegetable, so this version can be very interesting for them as the Paneer and gourd blend completely in each other and hides the gourd. 
I do not want to write much, lets quickly get to the recipe.
Ingredients
1 small bottle gourd peeled, washed and cubed
3 onions cubed
5-6 garlic pods
2 large tomatoes chopped roughly
1 tsp dry ginger powder
1 tsp red chili pwd
1/2 tsp turmeric pwd
2 tsp coriander pwd
1 tsp cumin pwd
1-2  tsp  kitchen king masala
a pinch of garam masala
salt to taste
Oil for cooking


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Method
Grind coarsely onion, garlic and tomatoes together. Heat oil and add this paste and cook till the oil separates. Now add ginger, coriander, cumin powders. Also add the kitchen king masala. Add the gourd and cook  covered till almost done. Now add the paneer cubes and mix gently. Adjust the consistency by adding water, bring the curry to a boil. At the final stage put the garam masala, mix and serve with hot Paratha. I served it with Masala Kulcha.
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23 comments:

Sailaja Damodaran said...

nice click...looks perfect...

Raje said...

wow Delicious dish. Must be heavenly with that Kulcha.

chakhlere said...

thats a rare combo. looks yummy!!

Palidor said...

So very yummy!!

Desisoccermom said...

Nice trick to hide the bottle gourd Pari. That's clever. And the curry looks delicious.

Unknown said...

Wow looks so good, that too with the masala kulcha.

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

Another new recipe with paneer.looks yummy.So eay to make also.Thanks for the recipe

Sanghi said...

Delicious curry..!

Raks said...

Looks too good,never thought of this combo!

Anonymous said...

same with me, give me any subzi and paneer, i will cook it up.

Kanchan said...

I totally agree, Bottle gourd is one of the most hated vegetable, But Loved this version!

Nithya said...

Yummy yummy yummy :)

chef and her kitchen said...

Thats a unusual combo...looks gr8..congrats on getting featured in EC's space...

Priya Suresh said...

Such a delicious curry, seems bottlegourd and cottage cheese words wonder together..

Home Cooked Oriya Food said...

looks so nice and nice combination of vegetables...

Sarah Naveen said...

Wow!!! The curry looks so colorful and yummy!!!

Sushma Mallya said...

Thats a lovely pic pari...looks good with paneer...

Gita Jaishankar said...

Yummy combo...the dish looks very tasty :)

Parita said...

A new combo and looks yumm!

Avisha said...

New here, Combo of the two,nice idea.Kids can learn to eat a vegetable.Like it...

radha said...

That you could think of a combination like this and made it a tasty dish is quite a credit to you. I can never think beyond dal for bottle gourd or a curry by itself. Cheers.

my kitchen said...

Perfect match for Roti.yummy dish

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