Health experts have made the humble bottle gourd (known as Lauki in India), very famous by making people aware of its various health benefits. I remember at one point in time, the price of lauki had suddenly soared! I know many who are not really fond of lauki but there’s good news for them as there are a lot of interesting dishes that one can make out of it! Take a look:

Stuffed Lauki

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This is a delicious way of cooking th lauki. It’s basically baked lauki that is blanched and stuffed with paneer and marinated in lime.

Lauki Ki Yakhni

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Love the Kashmiri Yakhni? This is something you might like. The Lauki Ki Yakhni will change your perspective of the lauki!

Lauki Musallam

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Another version of stuffed lauki that is stuffed with potatoes and marinated and cooked in a delicious gravy. Tastes best with garam chapatis.

Lauki ke Kofte

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The Lauki ke Kofte makes you forget that you are actually eating lauki! Koftas made with grated lauki that is friend and then added to a thick flavourful gravy, this is a must try!

Lauki ka Daalna

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This is a sweet and savoury version of lauki, that is cooked with herbs, spices and milk along with a dash of sugar and salt.

Lauki ka Halwa

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This is one dessert that’s sure to impress your guests. Easy to make, this sweet treat is made of lauki, ghee, sugar and a whole lot of dry fruits. Almost the same method like the Gajar ka Halwa.

Lauki Malaiwala

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The lauki for this dish is cooked in a desi flavours along with cream and tastes heavenly!

Handvo

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Handvo is a what the Gujaratis call a savoury cake! It’s made of lauki combined with mixed dals,rice, lentils, buttermilk, spices and herbs.

Interesting Fact

Lauki one of the first plans to be cultivated and it was first used to make containers to store water!

Aren’t you glad people learnt that it could be eaten too?

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