Sorekai palya recipe | How to make bottle gourd stir fry | Sorekayi hesaru bele palya
By Latha on October 29th, 2020
Sorekai palya or bottle gourd stir fry recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. Sorekai hesaru bele palya or sorekayi palya is prepared using bottle gourd, moong dal, coconut, red chili and mustard seeds. Sorekai palya or bottle gourd moong dal sabzi goes very well with rice or chapathi. It is healthy too.
Sorekai or bottle gourd is very good for health. It has been regarded as one of the healthiest vegetables. Bottle gourd cools your body, helps in weight loss, cures stomach problems and urinary infections. It keeps the heart healthy and relieves the stress.
If you are looking for more sorekai or bottle gourd recipes, then do check my sorekai payasa or bottle gourd kheer, sorekai palya or bottle gourd stirfry and sorekai sambar recipes. You can prepare many more recipes using bottle gourd and I will try to share them soon.
You can find many palya or stir fry recipes on this website like bendekayi or ladies finger palya, bittergourd sweet curry, thondekai palya, Mixed vegetable palya, beans palya, badanekayi palya, Hagalakayi palya, Boodu kumbalakai or ash gourd palya and north karnataka special zunka vadi recipes.
Or if you are looking for more Karnataka style curry recipes then do visit our curries section.
I have made a video on this recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 20 min
Serves: 4
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 1 medium sized sorekai or bottle gourd
- 1/4 cup moong dal or hesarubele
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 1 - 2 tbsp cooking oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 red chili
- 1 - 2 green chillies
- A big pinch of turmeric powder
- A big pinch of asafoetida
- 4-5 curry leaves
- 1/4 cup grated coconut
- Salt as per your taste
- 1 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves
Instructions for making sorekai palya or bottle gourd stir fry:
- Soak moong dal (hesaru bele) for 10 minutes.
- Wash, peel and chop the bottle gourd. If the seeds are hard then discard them.
- Next heat oil in a frying pan. Add in 1/2 tsp mustard seeds, 1 tsp urad dal and 1 red chilli.
- Wait until mustard seeds splutter. Add in slit green chilli and curry leaves.
- Next add in chopped bottle gourd. Give a quick mix.
- Also add in soaked moong dal and give a quick mix.
- Add in turmeric powder, asafoetida and salt.
- Add 1/4 cup of water and bring it to boil.
- Close the lid and cook until soft.
- Stir in between and cook until soft under low flame. Add in grated coconut. Optionally you can add some coriander leaves.
- Give a quick mix. Switch off the stove. Serve it with hot steaming rice or chapathi.
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