Last Updated on December 1, 2020 by Sultana Parvin
Can you eat bottle gourd? I told you that we could eat bottle gourd in many ways in my previous recipes about bottle gourd recipes. Bottle gourd skin is not only edible but also makes a tasty vegetable. It is good to eat with rice. It can be eaten with paratha and chapatti as well. I will describe two recipes with bottle gourd skin. Those are bottle gourd skin fry and bottle gourd skin mash (vorta).
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Bottle gourd recipes skin fry
Cooking of bottle gourd skin is very simple. It is just cutting into thin slices and frying with similar size potato slices. This is a very healthy recipe. If you check the nutrition value, you will see that there is no cholesterol.
| Preparation time | 20 minutes |
| Cooking time | 15 minutes |
| Total time | 35 minutes |
| Servings | 4 |
Ingredients for gourd recipes
- 1-cup bottle gourd skin slices
- 100g potatoes
- 1-piece onion
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
Process
- You need to take the baby skin of bottle gourd for this recipe.
- Cut bottle gourd skin and potatoes into thin slices. You can use a vegetable cutter for cutting the skin and potatoes or use a sharp knife.
- Heat oil in a nonstick frying pan on the burner.
- Add bottle gourd skin, potato, onion, turmeric powder and salt to the oil.
- Stir it constantly.
- Fry until all the ingredients like skin and potatoes are tender.
- Take off the bottle gourd and potato fry. Its flavor and color is so nice.
- Your tasty bottle gourd skin fry is ready to eat.
| Nutrition Facts | |
| Calories | 375 |
| Total Fat | 19.7g |
| Cholesterol | 0mg |
| Sodium | 1737 |
| Potassium | 441mg |
| Total Carbohydrates | 17.7g |
| Protein | 2.4g |
| Nutrition Grade | B- |
| Nutrition Analysis | |
| Good Points | Bad Points |
| Very low in sugar | Very high in sodium |
| No cholesterol | |
| High in vitamin C |
How to Cook Bottle Gourd Vegetable
When you are bored with your regular food menu then you can try this recipe. This is simple, easy, and it will bring a different taste. This recipe name is bottle gourd skin mash, it’s like a hot sauce.
| Preparation time | 20 minutes |
| Cooking time | 10 minutes |
| Total time | 40 minutes |
| Servings | 4 |
Ingredients for skin mash (vorta)
- ½ cup bottle gourd skin
- 1 piece onion
- 100g prawn
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 7-8 pieces of green chili
- 2-3 pieces of garlic
- 1 tablespoon coriander leaves
- 1 teaspoon salt
Process
- You can take any kind of bottle gourd skin except the hard one.
- Boil the skin for until it is tender. Take out the skin from the water and fry the skin without oil. Fry it until all water evaporates.
- Heat oil in a pan over medium heat.
- Fry all prawns and green chilies for 2-3 minutes with one pinch of salt.
- Now put boiled skin, prawn, onion slice, garlic, green chilies, coriander leaves, and salt into a blender. Blend it for 3-4 minutes.
- I prefer mortar and pestle for vorta. First, paste green chili, then prawn, and other ingredients.
- This vorta is perfect with rice. Bottle gourd recipes skin mash is ready to serve.
| Nutrition Facts | |
| Calories | 275 |
| Total Fat | 19.7g |
| Cholesterol | 14mg |
| Sodium | 1237 |
| Potassium | 341mg |
| Total Carbohydrates | 11.7g |
| Protein | 2.4g |
| Nutrition Grade | B- |
| Nutrition Analysis | |
| Good Points | Bad Points |
| Very low in sugar | Very high in sodium |
| No cholesterol | |
| High in vitamin C |
If you like my bottle gourd recipes please share this recipe with your family and friends.
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*Happy cooking*
