Bottle Gourd Stew With Sesame Powder

Ingredients :

• 1 cup chopped Bottle Gourd Pieces
• 1 Onion roughly chopped
• 1/2 lime size Tamarind / 2 sp Tamarind Paste
• 2 Green Chillies chopped
• 1 pinch Turmeric Powder
• 1/2 sp Red Chilli Powder
• 2 sp Sesame Seeds
• 1 sp grated Jaggery (optional)
• Salt to taste

For Popu :

• 1/2 sp Mustard Seeds
• 1/4 sp Cumin Seeds
• 1/4 sp Methi Seeds
• 1 pinch Inguva
• 1 Red Chilli crocked
• Coriander Leaves
• Curry Leaves
• 2 sp Oil

Preparation :

• Wash and soak tamarind in 2 cups of water and keep aside.
• Dry roast sesame seeds and grind into a powder.
• Add all the bottle gourd pieces, onion, green chillies in to a pan along with 1 cup of water.
• Cook on medium flame, when 3/4 th done add tamarind juice and salt.
• Add turmeric, red chilli powder, jaggery & let it boil for few mins.
• Add ground nuvvula podi and mix well, cook on low flame for couple of mins.
• Transfer into a serving bowl and garnish with coriander leaves.
• Sorakaya nuvvula podi pulusu is ready to serve, serve with steamed white rice .