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Most of us generally run off ideas for the tea time snacks specially during the weekends. Here i am sharing a very healthy and low calorie snack Lauki ke gatte. I have also used some left over rice in it. Generally when i have some left over rice in my refrigerator the first thing that comes to my mind is lauki ke gatte. Do try this. I am sure you will love it.
250 gm Lauki (Bottle Gourd) Grated
1 bowl left over rice (optional)
2 Tbsp Besan
2 Tbsp Wheat flour
3-4 Green chilies
few coriander leaves
2-3 garlic cloves
1/2 inch Ginger
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp Mustard (Rai) seeds
1/2 tsp Sesame (Till) seeds
few curry leaves
salt to taste
1 tbsp Oil
Method
1. Squeeze the water from lauki and keep aside
2. Now in a bowl add the lauki and the left over rice and mix well.
3. In a grinder, grind the coriander leaves, green chilies, garlic and ginger into a paste and it to the mixture along with turmeric powder and salt.
4. Now add both besan and wheat flour and knead the mixture into a soft dough with the help of the water that was earlier removed from the grated lauki. Also you can add more flour based on your mixture consistency.
5. Divide the dough into equal pieces and long pipe shaped rolls from it. Don't make it too thick.
6. If you are using microwave, steam the rolls in the microwave steamer for 4-5 min.
7. If you are using cooker, steam the rolls in cooker for 10-12 min by removing the whistle from the cooker.
8. Let the rolls cool and then cut it into small 1/2 inch pieces with the help of a knife.
9. Now these rolls either can be deep fried or simple given a tadka. Both will taste equally well.
10. For tadka, in a pan take some oil and add the mustard seeds and curry leaves. If you like you can also add some sesame seeds (till) in the tadka. Let them crackle and then add the cut pieces and mix well.
11. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves. Your jhatpat lauki ke gatte are ready. Very health and low calorie tea time snack.
250 gm Lauki (Bottle Gourd) Grated
1 bowl left over rice (optional)
2 Tbsp Besan
2 Tbsp Wheat flour
3-4 Green chilies
few coriander leaves
2-3 garlic cloves
1/2 inch Ginger
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp Mustard (Rai) seeds
1/2 tsp Sesame (Till) seeds
few curry leaves
salt to taste
1 tbsp Oil
Method
1. Squeeze the water from lauki and keep aside
2. Now in a bowl add the lauki and the left over rice and mix well.
3. In a grinder, grind the coriander leaves, green chilies, garlic and ginger into a paste and it to the mixture along with turmeric powder and salt.
4. Now add both besan and wheat flour and knead the mixture into a soft dough with the help of the water that was earlier removed from the grated lauki. Also you can add more flour based on your mixture consistency.
5. Divide the dough into equal pieces and long pipe shaped rolls from it. Don't make it too thick.
6. If you are using microwave, steam the rolls in the microwave steamer for 4-5 min.
7. If you are using cooker, steam the rolls in cooker for 10-12 min by removing the whistle from the cooker.
8. Let the rolls cool and then cut it into small 1/2 inch pieces with the help of a knife.
9. Now these rolls either can be deep fried or simple given a tadka. Both will taste equally well.
10. For tadka, in a pan take some oil and add the mustard seeds and curry leaves. If you like you can also add some sesame seeds (till) in the tadka. Let them crackle and then add the cut pieces and mix well.
11. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves. Your jhatpat lauki ke gatte are ready. Very health and low calorie tea time snack.
