Bottle Gourd (Ghiya) Raita

Ingredients:

1. 1 small fresh Bottle gourd (approx. 250gm)
2. 500g fresh curd
3. 1 Deseeded, finely chopped green chilli
4. Salt to taste
5. Chat Masala for garnishing

Method:

• Peel and grate the Bottle guard.
• Put it in pan with boiling water. Close the lid and boil for another 15 mnts.
• Sieve it and squeeze the extra water from it and keep it aside for cooling.
• Take the curd in a wide bowl and blend with a hand blender, add water according to the curd to maintain medium consistency (not too thick, nor too thin).
• Add the squeezed bottle gourd, chopped green chilli and salt to blended curd. Mix well.
• Serve cool raita, garnished with pinch of chat masala powder and chopped green chilli on the top.

Tip: Don’t throw away the sieved water; you can use it in dough, gravy or dal. One can also use it as face wash, it is very good cleanser.