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Bharwa Lauki ( Healthy Subzis Recipe)


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Forget the bland taste of lauki now. . . Stuff it with a low fat paneer mixture and cook in a spicy tomato gravy for a pleasant surprise!

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Makes 4 servings
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Ingredients

Method
For the lauki
  1. Peel the white pumpkin, place it in a pressure cooker with 1 cup of water and the salt. Pressure cook for 1 whistle and cool.
  2. Scoop out the inside pulp, discard it and keep the scooped white pumpkin aside.
  3. Stuff the scooped out white pumpkin shell with the filling mixture and keep aside.
  4. Heat the oil in a non-stick pan and shallow fry the stuffed pumpkin till brown spots appear on all the sides. Remove and keep aside.

For the gravy
  1. Heat the oil in a non-stick pan, add the cinnamon and cloves and fry for 1 minute.
  2. Add the tomato purée, ginger-green chilli paste, coriander powder, red chilli powder, garam masala, sugar and salt and cook stirring continuously till the mixture leaves oil from the sides.
  3. Add ¼ cup of water and bring to a boil. Keep aside.

How to proceed
  1. To serve, cut the stuffed white pumpkin into 25 mm. (1") thick slices and place them on a serving dish.
  2. Pour the hot gravy over the stuffed white pumpkin slices.
  3. Serve hot garnished with coriander.
Nutrient values per serving
CalciumCarbohydrateEnergyFatIronProtein
84. mg. 7.7 gm. 88 kcal. 5.5 gm. 1.0 mg. 2.0 gm.
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sushmakumaran, November 16, 2010

Bharwa Lauki has been a part of my normal cooking for the family.Its delicious,the roundels in the sauce are delight to the eye and best of all, it is LOW Cal.What more do I need?

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Reviewed November 16, 2010 by sushmakumaran

Bharwa Lauki has been a part of my normal cooking for the family.Its delicious,the roundels in the sauce are delight to the eye and best of all, it is LOW Cal.What more do I need?

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