Bottle Gourd Curry

Ingredients:

1/2 bottle guard (sorraikai)
1 tsp mustard
a bunch of curry leaves
1 tsp.cumin seeds

For Masala:

6 red chilly
2 tsp mustard
1 tsp pepper
2 tsp cumin seeds
4 garlic
a bunch of curry leaves
2 tsp rice
3/4 cup grated coconut
Salt to taste

How to make Bottle Gourd Curry:

* Fry red chilly in little oil. Soak rice in water atleast for an hour.
* Grind fried red chilly, mustard, pepper, cumin, garlic, curry leaves, coconut and soaked rice with little water to a fine paste. Set aside.
* Peel bottle guard and cut them into big pieces. Pressure cook them and keep aside.
* Pour the ground masala in a vessel and add cooked bottle guard. Bring to boil.
* Keep boiling till flavour comes out.
* Season the curry with fried mustard, fried curry leaves and fried cumin seeds. Remove from the flame and serve hot with plain rice.