Bottlegourd(Sorakaya) Chutney

Ingredients:

small Bottle Gourd peeled and diced into 1″ pieces or 3 cups of diced gourd
2 tbsp Oil
10 Curry Leaves
12 - 15 Green Chillies cut into half (adjust to your taste)
3 cloves of Garlic or 1 small pod of Garlic
½ tsp Turmeric Powder
1 tbsp Cumin Powder
½ tsp Methi Powder
¼ cup dry roasted Sesame Seeds Powder
2 tbsp Tamarind Paste or small lime sized tamarind
½ tsp Sugar (opt)
Salt to Taste
Cilantro for garnish

Preparation:

In a suace pan cook sorakaya pieces with little salt and water until tender.
In a pan heat oil, add green chillies, curry leaves and garlic. When chillies change color, add rest of the ingredients and mix well.
Remove from heat and let cool.
To this mixture add ½ of the cooked sorakaya pieces and make a fine paste. Add some water if required.
Transfer to a serving dish, add remaining sorakay pieces and mix well. Taste the chutney and add more tamarind paste if you want it more sour. If you used whole tamarind you can add some lime juice.
Garnish with cilantro and serve with hot rice or idlie or dosa.