Ingredients:

• 1 – medium-sized Bottle Gourd
• 1.5 cups – Wheat flour
• 1 tsp – chilli powder
• 1 tsp – Turmeric
• 2 pinches of Asafoetida
• salt to taste
• 1 tbsp – oil
• 1/2 tsp – Mustard Seeds
• 1/2 tsp – Cumin seeds

Method:

1. Grate the bottle gourd and drain the water into a vessel and keep aside.
2. Mix wheat flour with chilli powder, turmeric, asafoetida and salt.
3. Add the grated bottle gourd. Mix well while adding the remaining water and prepare a soft dough.
4. Flatten the dough on a greased plate and pressure-cook for 20 minutes (without the whistle).
5. Cut the dough into small pieces.
6. Heat oil in a frying pan and add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
7. When the seeds splutter, add the pieces of dough, mix well and cook for 5 minutes.

Recipe courtesy of Vidhya