Bottle gourd Paratha / Suraikkai Chapathi / Lauki Paratha

Category: Chapathi / Paratha   
Preparation Time: 20 mins           
Cooking Time: 20 mins      
Servings: 3 to 4 servings

Bottlegourd Paratha

Bottlegourd / Lauki / Suraikkai is one of the lowest calorie vegetables and has a lot of healthy benefits. We usually make poriyal (stir-fry), kootu, kuzhambu, rice, paratha or even raita. 

For the picky eaters / toddlers, we can make this Paratha and for sure they wont even realize there are veggies inside 😉. 

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour / Atta - 2 to 3 cups (Use as needed)
• Bottlegourd - 1 no (Small / Medium sized)
• Carrot - 1 no (Optional)
• Ginger, grated - 1/2 Tbsp
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp 
• Green chilly paste / Red Chilli powder - to taste 
• Oil - 1 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Ghee- to taste 
• Wheat flour - for dusting

Optional: 

• Any spice powders of our choice can be added to taste such as Cumin powder, Red chilli powder, Garam Masala Powder 

Method:

• Wash, peel the skin, remove the seeds and grate the bottle gourd; If we are using carrot, we can grate that too
• In a wide bowl, take the grated veggies, grated ginger, spice powders and salt

• Mix well and knead into a smooth soft dough by adding the wheat flour gradually (Water from the veggies will be enough and if we need we can add more flour and knead). Add 1 tsp of oil, knead again and keep covered for about 20 mins. Resting time is optional

• Divide the dough into equal lemon sized balls 
• Take one dough ball, dust it with flour, flatten it and roll into  paratha, slightly thicker than the normal chapathi

• Heat the tawa, place the parathas and cook till bubbles started to appear on the surface

• Turn over and cook the other side

• Once it's cooked, smear ghee and transfer to plate or place it in hot box

• Serve hot with any dal or plain yogurt and pickle