Sorekayi Raitha | Sorekayi Saasme | Lauki Raitha | Raitha Recipes
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Recipe type: Side
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 2-3 people
 
Creamy and tasty, coconut and yogurt based lauki or sorekayi raitha
Ingredients
  • ½ Cup chopped sorekayi/lauki/bottlegourd
  • ¼ Cup grated coconut
  • 3-4 sprigs of coriander
  • ¼ Tsp mustard
  • ¼ Tsp jeera/cumin
  • 5-6 whole black pepper-corn
  • 1 small pinch hing
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 Cups beaten yogurt/curd
For Tadka:
  • 1 Tsp coconut-oil/cooking-oil
  • ¼ Tsp mustard
  • 1 broken dry red chilli
Method
  1. Boil sorekayi/lauki/bottlegourd and keep aside to cool
  2. In a mixer jar, add grated coconut
  3. Add mustard, jeera and pounded black pepper
  4. Wash and roughly tear coriander and add to mixer jar
  5. Add hing and sprinkle salt
  6. Lastly, add the boiled and cooled sorekayi/lauki/bottlegourd
  7. Pour little water and grind into a smooth paste
  8. In a bowl, whisk yogurt/curd till smooth
  9. Pour ground sorekayi-coconut paste
  10. Mix till well combined
  11. In a small pan, add oil, mustard and dry red chilli
  12. Once mustard splutters, pour it over sorekayi-yogurt raitha
  13. Serve as a side-dish along with rice and sorekayi-kootu
Notes
Drop in a green chilli to add some extra heat

Ensure yogurt/curd is fresh and not sour
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/sorekayi-raitha/