Lauki Rice Recipe: बचे चावल से बनाएं चटपटे लौकी राइस

Lauki Rice Recipe: If rice is left after dinner, there is no need to fry it plain again. You can prepare a delicious and different dish with leftover rice. Especially if children or elders in the house avoid eating bottle gourd i.e. Ghiya, then bottle gourd rice can be a good solution. In this, bottle gourd is cooked with asafoetida, cumin and spices and mixed with leftover rice. This gives a good taste of the spices in the rice and the gourd also does not feel different in food. It does not require much preparation to make it. Let us know the easy recipe of making spicy bottle gourd rice from the left over rice of the night.

Ingredients to make Lauki Rice
1. Cooked rice or leftover rice: 2 cups
2. Bottle gourd: 1 cup, finely chopped or grated
3. Cumin: 1 tsp
4. Asafoetida: ¼ tsp
5. Onion: 1 medium size, finely chopped, optional
6. Green chillies: 2, cut from the middle
7. Ginger-garlic paste: 1 tsp
8. Turmeric Powder: ½ tsp
9. Coriander Powder: 1 tsp
10. Red chilli powder or garam masala: ½ tsp
11. Coriander: 2-3 tbsp, finely chopped
12. Lemon juice: 1 tsp
13. Oil or Ghee: 2 tbsp
14. Salt: As per taste

How to make gourd rice
First of all, peel the bottle gourd and cut it into small pieces or grate it. If the seeds of bottle gourd are hard, remove them. Now heat 2 tablespoons oil or ghee in the pan. Add asafoetida and cumin seeds in it. When cumin starts crackling, add finely chopped onion and green chilli and fry till it becomes light golden. After this add ginger-garlic paste and fry for some time, so that its rawness goes away. Now add turmeric, coriander powder and red chilli powder or garam masala and fry the spices lightly.

Now add chopped or grated bottle gourd and salt as per taste. Mix bottle gourd with spices well. Cover the pan and cook on low flame for about 4-5 minutes. The bottle gourd will start becoming soft and will also release its water, so there is no need to add water separately to it. When the gourd is cooked well, add the remaining cooked rice to it. Mix the rice with the spices and bottle gourd gently, so that the rice does not break and the spices mix well with each grain.

Now add 1 teaspoon lemon juice and finely chopped coriander into it. After mixing everything, cover the pan for 2 minutes. This will heat the rice properly and the taste of bottle gourd and spices will also mix well in the rice.

Serve bottle gourd rice like this
Serve the prepared gourd rice hot. It can be eaten with raita or chutney of your choice, if there is leftover rice at home, then this recipe is an easy way to give them a different taste. Even for people who do not like bottle gourd, the seasoning of spices and asafoetida and cumin seeds can make this dish more delicious.