Lauki ka Raita - Bottle Gourd with Yogurt
Lauki raita is a refreshing yogurt-based dish made with spiced lauki and yogurt. Lauki is also known as bottle gourd, doodhi, or ghia. Lauki raita is healthy and tastes delicious. Serve this as a side dish with any Indian flatbread or over the rice.
Servings 2 people
Ingredients
- 1 cup yogurt (curd, dahi)
- Approx. ½ cup milk, use as needed
- 1 cup lauki grated (bottle gourd, doodhi, ghia)
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tbsp cumin seeds (jeera)
- 1/8 tbsp asafetida (hing)
- 2 whole red chilies (lal mirch)
- 1 tbsp ginger finely chopped (adrak)
- 1 tbsp green chilies finely chopped
- 3 tbsp cilantro finely chopped (hara dhania)
- 1/2 tbsp salt
Instructions
- Whip the yogurt and add the milk as needed to make the consistency of pancake batter, set aside.
- Heat the oil in a saucepan on medium-high heat.
- Add the cumin seeds and asafetida. After the cumin seeds crack, add red chilies. Stir-fry a few seconds.
- Add lauki, ginger, green chilies, and cilantro, and stir-fry until most of the water has evaporated and the lauki is tender. This should take about four to five minutes.
- After the lauki cools, mix it well into the yogurt.
- Add more milk if needed.
- For best results, serve chilled.