This delicious and nutritious dish will give a feeling of freshness and simplicity to your meals during the summer days. This recipe, which is free of onion and garlic, is particularly suitable for the Navratri festival. It is a completely Sattvik food that is light on the stomach and tastes great. Let’s explore how to prepare this unique recipe.
Main Ingredients:
Ingredients Quantity
The ingredients for one cup of mixed vegetables include carrot, potato, radish, and spinach.
Cottage cheese (1 cup)
Cumin seeds, 1 tsp
Green chilli, ginger (chopped) 1-1 tsp
Add rock salt and red chili powder to taste.
Lauki (for raita) 1 cup (boiled)
Curd 1 cup
Roasted cumin seeds, half tsp.
The recipe for carrot, potato, and spinach-cottage cheese curry is as follows:
Step 1: Tadka of cumin seeds in oil
First of all, heat oil in a pan. When the oil is hot, add cumin seeds and let them crackle. After this, add chopped green chilies and ginger. Now add small chopped potatoes and mix all the ingredients well.
Step 2: Add radish and spinach.
Now, add chopped radish to this mixture, along with rock salt and red chili powder, and mix thoroughly. Finally, add the washed spinach, cover, and cook on low flame for 5–6 minutes.
Step 3: Add paneer
Once the spinach has thoroughly cooked, incorporate the paneer pieces into it. Mix all the ingredients with light hands and let it cook for a few minutes. Your special mixed vegetable, Navratri, is ready.
How to make Lauki Raita:
Step 4: Boil the bottle gourd
To make raita, first heat some water in a pan. When the water is hot, add the boiled bottle gourd and cook for 2-3 minutes. After this, take out the bottle gourd and let it cool.
Step 5: Mix in curd
Take curd in a bowl and add roasted cumin seeds to it. Now, add the boiled bottle gourd to the curd and mix well. Add rock salt as per taste. If you want, you can also add some red chili powder. Your delicious bottle gourd raita is ready.
This recipe has special benefits:
Satvik food: Its preparation without onion and garlic makes it ideal for Navratri or any fast.
Rich in nutrients: Vegetables like spinach, peas, and radish provide you with a beneficial source of vitamins and minerals.
This recipe is extremely easy to make and uses fewer ingredients.
In summer, enjoy light, tasty, and stomach-comforting food!