You can eat bottle gourd during fasting. You can prepare many types of easy dishes from bottle gourd and eat them during fasting. Bottle gourd is a vegetable rich in fiber which helps in weight loss and controlling blood sugar. Bottle gourd can be easily eaten during Navratri fast. You can prepare raita, kheer, halwa and vegetables from bottle gourd and eat them. Today we are telling you 4 such easy recipes made from bottle gourd which can be eaten even during fasting.
How to make bottle gourd raita?
If you want to eat something healthy during the fast, then you can make bottle gourd raita and eat it. This is an easy recipe made from bottle gourd without oil and spices. For this, cut or grate the bottle gourd. Add some water and boil it in a pan. Beat the curd and after the boiled gourd cools down, mash it lightly and mix it in the curd. Dilute it as per your convenience. Eat raita by adding rock salt, black pepper and roasted cumin seeds on top.
How to make bottle gourd kheer?
Bottle gourd kheer is an easy recipe to make during fasting. For this, peel the bottle gourd, wash it and then grate it. Put 1 spoon ghee in the pan and keep the bottle gourd to steam cook. Slow down the flame and cover the gourd. When the gourd and turmeric melts, add milk to it and cook. Add cardamom and dry fruits of your choice to the kheer and cook it.
How to make bottle gourd halwa?
To make bottle gourd halwa, peel the bottle gourd and grate it. Now put 1 spoon ghee in the pan and keep the bottle gourd in it. When the gourd melts, add milk to it and cook. If there is mawa then there is no need to cook much. Add sugar and then add dry fruits and cook till it becomes like halwa. This halwa tastes even tastier than carrot halwa.
How to make bottle gourd vegetable for fasting?
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