West Indian
Dudhi Nu Shaak (Sweet Bottle Gourd Curry)
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Dudhi Nu Shaak (Sweet Bottle Gourd Curry) is West Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Heat the oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds, letting them sizzle.
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Add the green chili and the cubed bottle gourd, along with the chana dal, and stir to coat with the turmeric and salt.
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Add the water, cover, and cook over medium-low heat until the bottle gourd turns soft and translucent, about 15 minutes.
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Stir in the sugar and cook uncovered for a couple of minutes so any extra water evaporates.
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Finish with cilantro and serve warm with rotli, this is one of the lightest shaaks in a Gujarati weeknight thali.
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Serve it with
A West Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Dudhi Nu Shaak (Sweet Bottle Gourd Curry), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Dudhi Nu Shaak (Sweet Bottle Gourd Curry) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 100 kcal
- Protein
- 2 g
- Carbs
- 10 g
- Fat
- 6 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 430 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Dudhi Nu Shaak (Sweet Bottle Gourd Curry) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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