Vegetarian recipe · side, lunch, dinner
5-Minute Butter Bottle Gourd
5 மினிட் பட்டர் சுரைக்காய் (5 minit butter suraikkai)
Serves 2 · 10 min
Adapted from பேலியோ ஆரோக்கிய சமையல் (Paleo Arokkiya Samaiyal) by Rtn Kannan Azhagirisamy, page 33
Bottle gourd rounds boiled briefly and tossed in butter with pepper and cumin.
Estimated per serving from USDA FoodData Central and Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 values for the raw ingredients. Real numbers vary with brands and portions.
Ingredients
- 1 bottle gourd, peeled, cut into rounds, seeds removed (சுரைக்காய்)
- 3 tbsp butter (பட்டர்)
- 1 tbsp pepper powder (மிளகு தூள்)
- 1 tbsp cumin powder (சீரகத்தூள்)
- to taste salt (உப்பு)
Method
- Peel the gourd, slice into rounds and scoop out the seedy centre.
- Cook the slices in a little salted water in a kadai until just tender.
- Add butter, pepper and cumin and toss until the butter melts and coats everything.
Tastes great alongside an egg half-boil (appam-style fried egg).
Adapted from பேலியோ ஆரோக்கிய சமையல் (Paleo Arokkiya Samaiyal) by Rtn Kannan Azhagirisamy, page 33. Method rewritten in our own words; ingredient quantities follow the book, with gram weights estimated for the nutrition figures. The book thanks the Arokkiya Unavugal (Healthy Foods) Facebook group and tamilpaleorecipes.com.
Recipe credit: tamilpaleorecipes.com and Adapted from பேலியோ ஆரோக்கிய சமையல் (Paleo Arokkiya Samaiyal) by Rtn Kannan Azhagirisamy, page 33.