Bottle gourd / Lauki & Potato Curry

Today I would love to share my friend's Lauki curry recipe.   This curry is so delicious, try serving this curry using this recipe, I bet everyone will surely love it.....

Ingredients:

• 1 Medium Bottle gourd (dudhi/lauki) 
• 2 Small Red Potatoes 
• 2 cups of water.
• 1/2 tsp salt

Masala for Grinding

• 1/2 Onion slices
• 6-7 Red Kashmiri Red Chillies
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 2 tsp coriander seeds
• 1 tsp methi seeds
• 1 flake garlic
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• small lemon size ball of tamarind
• 1/2 Cup  dry Coconut  powder or fresh grated coconut
• 1 & 1/2 cup of water 

For Tempering 

• 1/2 onion slices
• 5-6 curry leaves
• 2 tbsp oil

Method:

• Peel the bottle gourd and red potato cut it into big pieces. 
• In a deep casserole put 2 cups of water , cubed bottle gourd and potato with 1/2 tsp salt and boil until soft. 
• Grind all the above masala to a fine smooth paste with 1 1/2 cup of water, add more if you need.
• Add the ground masala to the cooked bottle gourd and on high flame give a quick boil.
• Adjust the salt and the thickness of the curry by adding little more water.
• Take a pan with 2 tbsp oil, once the oil is hot put curry leaves and onion slices and fry until onion become brownish .
• Temper the curry with sliced onions and curry leaves.