Sorekayi Dose

Ingredients:

1 medium sized Bottle Gourd / Sorekayi

1 cup White Rice

Salt to taste

Oil/Ghee

Recipe:

Soak rice in water for about 4-5 hrs. Wash soaked rice 2-3 times and keep it aside.

Peel the bottle gourd and chop it into medium sized pieces.(Remove the seeds if it is ripen)

Grind soaked rice along with sliced bottle gourd pieces into smooth paste. Add salt and water(if required). (Consistency of the batter should be like that of milkshake.)

Heat the Tava(Iron Tava preferred). Pour a spoonful of batter at the centre, spread it with the back of the spoon to a thin round. Add 1 tsp of oil/ghee on top of dosa, cover it in a lid and cook it for a minute in medium flame. Cook other side of the dosa as well for about 1 min.

Serve hot with any chutney or sambar.The ingredients mentioned above will serve 6-8 Sorekayi Dosas.

Sorekayi Palya

Ingredients:

1/2 medium sized BottleGourd / Sorekayi

3-4 tsp Grated Coconut

1/4 tsp Chilly powder

Pinch of Turmeric powder

Salt to taste

1/2 tsp Blackgram Seeds

1/4 tsp Mustard Seeds

2-3 Curry leaves

1 tsp Oil

Recipe:

Peel the bottle gourd and chop it into longer thin pieces(1 inch sized) as shown in the picture below. Remove the seeds if it is ripen.

Add mustard seeds, blackgram seeds and oil in a thick bottomed vessel. Once it starts spluttering, add curry leaves, chopped bottle gourd and fry it for few seconds. Add 1/4 cup of water, chilly powder, turmeric powder and cook it well. Put grated coconut in a mixer for about 1 min by adding little amount of water and keep it aside. Once the water content is almost dried, add ground coconut to palya and mix it well. Keep the palya in low flame for about 2 mins. It goes well with Rice.