Lauki Ka Bharta Recipe | Doodhi Bharta | Burnt Spiced Bottle Gourd Curry

Lauki Ka Bharta Recipe | Doodhi Bharta | Burnt & Spiced Bottle Gourd Curry with detailed photo and video recipe. An extremely simple and tasty north Indian minced dry curry made with bottle gourd. Basically, it is an extended or an alternate version of bhaingan or eggplant bharta with the same set of spices and flavours. It can be an Ideal tasty curry for any type of Indian bread including roti, and chapati, if not as a side dish to dal rice combo.

Lauki Ka Bharta Recipe | Doodhi Bharta | Burnt & Spiced Bottle Gourd Curry with step-by-step photo and video recipe. Bharta or minced vegetable curry recipes are always popular curry choices in Indian cuisine. It is typically prepared with specific vegetables like eggplant or capsicum, but can also be prepared with other simple vegetables. One such hugely popular, yet simple and easy bharta recipe is lauki ka bharta known for its mixed flavour taste.

Honestly, I am not a huge fan of preparing any vegetable bharta recipe. It is mainly because of the mess it creates especially when burning the vegetable on the cook-top stove. In addition, the cleaning of the roasted vegetable can be messy, Also, you may need to be very thorough with it, otherwise it may introduce a bitter taste to the curry. However, if someone prepares it, I would be more than happy to gulp it as it is, without even roti’s. The smoky or charcoal flavour with the combination of Indian spices makes it very interesting. Basically, with this bottle gourd, I have roasted and burnt the fresh raw vegetable with chillies and garlic pierced into it. So when it is burnt, all the flavours are infused into it and then followed the same bharta recipe as any other. Do try this and let me know your experience.

Furthermore, some more additional tips, suggestions and variants to the lauki ka bharta recipe. Firstly, this bharta is dedicated to bottle gourd or lauki. However, you can experiment and add other vegetables with this. Perhaps, you can add eggplant, capsicum, potatoes and even gobi to make it an exciting curry. Secondly, I would heavily recommend using grill or barbeque plates on top of the cook-top stove. This would help to grill and roast the vegetables evenly with little mess. Lastly, try to balance the taste by adding a generous amount of spices including red chilli powder and garam masala. The bottle gourd would release its sweetness; hence, the combination of hot and sweet makes it ideal.

Finally, I request you to check my other related Curry Recipes Collection with this post of lauki ka bharta. It mainly includes my other related recipes like Rajasthani Kadhi Recipe, bharwa karela, Kala Chana Recipe, Matar Paneer Recipe, Veg Egg Curry Recipe, Paneer Do Pyaza Recipe – Dhaba Style, Stuffed Mirch Sabji Recipe – Paneer Stuffing, paneer makhani, south indian curry, bhindi masala. Further to these, I would also like to mention my other related recipe categories like,

• Dal Recipes
• Sambar Recipes
• Rasam Recipes

Lauki Ka Bharta video recipe:

Recipe Card for lauki ka bharta:

How to make doodhi bharta with step by step photo:

1. firstly, slit the lauki randomly and stuff in 7 cloves garlic. make sure to take small lauki, as it will be easy to burn.
   
2. grease the lauki with oil and place it on the burner.
   
3. also, place 2 tomato and start to burn on medium flame.
   
4. keep flipping and burn on all the sides.
   
5. make sure to cook uniformly.
   
6. cool completely, and peel the skin.
   
7. cut and mash smooth. you can also use a chopper to mash the lauki. keep aside.
   
8. in a pan heat, 2 tbsp oil. add 1 tsp cumin, pinch hing and splutter the tempering.
   
9. add 1 onion, 1 tsp ginger garlic paste and saute until onion softens.
   
10. further add ½ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp chilli powder, 1 tsp coriander powder, ½ tsp garam masala and ½ tsp salt.
    
11. saute on low flame until the spices turn aromatic.
    
12. also, add mashed lauki and tomato.
    
13. mix well making sure everything is well combined.
    
14. furthermore, add 2 tbsp coriander, 1 chilli and mix well.
    
15. finally, enjoy Lauki Ka Bharta Recipe with roti or rice.
    

notes:

• firstly, make sure to burn the lauki on medium flame, else the lauki will not get cooked from inside.
• also, stuffing garlic into doodhi makes lauki flavourful.
• Additionally, you can steam the lauki or burn it in charcoal for variation.
• finally, Lauki Ka Bharta Recipe tastes great when there is a smoky aroma.