Bottle Gourd/Doodhi/Lauki/Sorakaya Paratha

Bottle Gourd/Doodhi/Lauki/Sorakaya Paratha





Lauki, dudhi or bottle gourd contains lot of water, so it is light on the stomach and good for digestion. It is ideal for those who are watching their weight.

Bottle gourd is not only rich in essential minerals, iron, protein etc; it is also rich in fibre. Fibre helps in preventing constipation and other digestive disorders.

Many of us may not want to try bottle gourd but because it has lot of health benefits it is always good to include it in our diet. So for those who still don't want to eat bottle gourd, paratha is a nice option.


Ingredients:

• 2 cups peeled and grated bottle gourd
• 2 cups wheat flour
• 2 tea spoon rice flour
• 1 tea spoon besan
• salt to taste
• 1-2 tea spoon red chilli powder
• 2 tea spoon garam masala powder
• 1-2 tea spoon ginger garlic paste
• oil for frying
• 3 table spoon finely chopped coriander leaves

Method:

Take all the flours together in a large plate, add grated bottle gourd along with its water, salt, red chilly powder, garam masala powder, ginger garlic paste and two tea spoon oil. Mix all of it together to make a soft dough, the grated bottle gourd contains lot of water so there is no need of adding water to the dough. If the dough becomes sticky you can add some more wheat flour.

Now make equal sized balls out of it and dust the surface to roll out the balls into round shaped chapatis.

Heat a tawa and put the rolled out parathas on it and cook by sprinkling oil until both sides are golden brown.

Serve hot with curd,butter,pickle or sauce.