Sorakaya pala curry (Bottle gourd milk curry)

Ingredients:
1 small Sorakaya or bottle gourd
1 medium onion chopped
3 tbsp Oil for seasoning
1 tsp of mustard seeds, cumin seeds, chana dal
5-6 curry leaves
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 tbsp chilli powder or kaaram
salt to taste
1 tsp turmeric
1 cup milk

How i make it:

• Peel the skin of the bottle gourd and cut into cubes and set aside.
• Heat the oil in a non stick pan and season it with mustard sees, cumin seeds, chana dal, curry leaves.
• Add onions and ginger garlic paste to the cooked seasoning mix
• Add bottle gourd cubes to the onions and cook for 5-10 minutes untill it oozes out water.
• In to the cooking bottle gourd add chilli  powder, turmeric, salt and cover it and cook for another 5-10 minutes untill bottle gourd is translucent.
• Then add the milk to the curry and cook for another 5 mins and stir occasionally.
• Top it with coriander leaves

       Enjoy this recipe with rice or chapathis.