A simple, delectable dessert, prepared with Bottle Gourd, Full-Cream Milk, Clarified Butter & Sugar, flavored with green cardamom.

Bottle Gourd Dip | Sorakkai Lauki Chutney

Spaghetti Squash Chicken Pad Thai is a healthy and lower-carb way to enjoy your favorite Thai recipe at home!

Tel Potol (Mild Pointed Gourd Curry)

Parwal chokha – in which pointed gourd is boiled, mashed and seasoned with chilies, mustard and lime. A Bihari cuisine favorite!

Fiber rich bottle gourd is cooked with protein rich lentils. This is one of the healthiest foods. It’s vegan and gluten free.

Bottle gourd, tomato and potato stew – simple vegetable curry to go with rice.

Lauki Kofta Curry is a North Indian Curry made of shredded bottle gourd and goes well with jeera rice or plain rice.

Pointed gourd (parval) bhujiya, cooked in mustard oil with a tempering of fenugreek.

You’ll love the riot of sweet, tangy, spicy, bitter, salty and umami tastes that this bitter gourd curry lets loose in your mouth.

Bottle Gourd Kofta Curry- Spiced balls of grated bottle gourd, deep-fried and simmered in a rich tomato gravy.

A Mangalorean delicacy prepared with ivy gourd and black chickpeas with fresh ground coconut masala.

Badami Lauki Kofta (Bottle Gourd Dumpling in Almond Curry)

Bottle gourd chutney – fortified with dals and greens, this chutney pairs with hot rice and ghee for a wholesome vegetarian meal.

Braised Pork Ribs and Bitter Gourd in Black Bean Sauce

Bottle gourd paratha (panfried flatbread) – in which the gourd balances its natural simplicity with the flavors of coriander & carom seed

A Bengali quintessential lentil prepared with mung beans and bitter gourd.

Mildly spiced snake gourd fry. Delicious to go with sambar rice.

Stuffed Bottle Gourd in a rich creamy curry.

Tantalizing Halwa prepared with grated bottle gourd and carrots, coconut milk, sugar, khoya and a mix of dry fruits.

Red Bitter-gourd Achar is a classic Kerala style pickle, spicy, with tangy flavors.

Make a quick chutney with peels of bottle gourd and coconut!