Quick and Easy yet delicious Sorakaya Gravy

This veg is called Surakai in Tamil or Dudhi,Lauki in Hindi or Sorakaya in Telugu or Bottle Gourd in English. Well, during childhood I used to get confused between the names of Surakai and Peerkangai (Ridge gourd) and I was not having any clues that how my mom used to prepare such tasty dishes.

Ingredients:

• Surakai/Sorakaya - 1
• Roasted groundnut - Handful
• Red Chillies - 5-6
• Oil
• Turmeric powder - 1pinch
• Vadagam - 1Tbsp (or)
• Mustard seeds and Urad dal - 1Tsp

Procedure:

• Peel the skin and cut the Sorakaya into small pieces (you can remove the seeds if required).
• In a deep vessel, add water till Sorakaya get immersed and cook with salt for 10mins in low flame.
• Dry roast the red chillies and groundnut and grind together coarsely.
• Once the Sorakaya is cooked add this chili and groundnut mix.
• Heat oil in a pan and add vadagam or mustard seeds and urad dal, once they start splitter, add it to the dish.
• Serve hot with white rice or rotis.