Anshu's Food Odyssey

Lauki, also known as Doodhi/ Dudhi, Ghiya and Bottle Gourd happens to be a very underrated vegetable with a high nutritional profile extremely beneficial for our health. Being high in natural fiber as well as water content, it has a lot of cooling properties which help your system soothe and calm down especially in summers. At our home, though this humble vegetable is made in many different forms, however, there is one recipe made with lauki which is always high in demand and is made every other day. Yes! I am talking about Lauki ka Raita , which is not only healthy, refreshing and cooling to the palette but very delicious too. It can be paired along with any vegetable-dal-chapati combination. Also, it goes very well with pulaos and biryanis too. Do try it once and I promise, you are gonna hooked to it. Lauki ka Raita | Dudhi Raita  INGREDIENTS Yogurt, nicely whisked - 2 cups Grated bottle gourd/ ghiya/ lauki - 1 cup Fresh coriander leaves, optional - 1/4 cup Finely chopped

Kachche Aam ki Launji is a lipsmacking relish made by cooking raw mangoes with a handful of aromatic pickling spices and whole lots of jaggery to lend it that beautiful sweet and sour flavor, which lingers on your tastebuds for long. You must make this in big batches when raw mangoes are in season and enjoy it along with parathas, pooris or even khichdi or pulao . For its longer shelf life, refrigerate for about a week; afterwards freeze and thaw when needed. The recipe is very easy and comes together in under 30 minutes. Scroll down for more details on ingredients and the recipe procedure... Kachche Aam ki Launji | Raw Mango Chutney INGREDIENTS Raw mangoes (peeled and cut into thick slices) - 500 grams Grated jaggery - 1 cup, or more as per your preference Salt - to taste Whole dried red chilies - 2 to 3 Kashmiri red chili powder - 2 tsp Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Nigella seeds - 1/2 tsp Saunf - 1 tsp Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp Black