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Manipur · Breakfast

Bottle Gourd Porridge

Traditional 59. Bottle Gourd Porridge recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• Rice: 100g
• Split yellow lentils (moong dal): 50g
• Bottle gourd (peeled, diced): 150g
• Water: 600ml
• Onion (finely diced): 35g
• Ginger (grated): 5g
• Green chilli (minced): 3g
• Cumin seeds: 2g
• Salt: 2.5g
• Oil: 10ml
• Asafoetida (hing): pinch (0.5g)

👩‍🍳 How to make Bottle Gourd Porridge

1. Rinse rice and dal (1 min)
2. Heat oil in pot (1 min)
3. Add cumin seeds, crackle 30 seconds
4. Add asafoetida, swirl (10 seconds)
5. Add ginger, cook 1 minute
6. Add diced onion, cook 2 minutes
7. Add rinsed rice and dal, stir 1 minute
8. Add diced bottle gourd, stir gently
9. Pour water and salt
10. Bring to boil (5 min)
11. Reduce heat to low, cover
12. Simmer 15-18 minutes, stirring occasionally
13. Add minced green chilli
14. When rice breaks down and gourd is very soft, serve hot
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