Laucki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd, Ghiya, Doodhi)
Laucki chana dal is a healthy main dish and has both vegetable and lentil making a wholesome meal.

Laucki Kheer (Bottle Gourd Pudding)
Lauki Kheer is a healthy and very refreshing dessert made with bottle gourd.

Lauki ka Raita – Bottle Gourd with Yogurt
Lauki raita is a refreshing yogurt-based dish made with spiced lauki and yogurt. Lauki is also known as bottle gourd, doodhi, ghia. Lauki raita is healthy and tastes delicious. Serve this as a side dish with any Indian flat bread or over the rice.

Masala Zucchini
Masala Zucchini has a nutty and spicy flavor. It’s great as a side dish. For this recipe, I used a popular Bengali spice mixture known as punch poran. Punch poran is a blend of five spices which gives a very unique flavor to Zucchini.

Moong Dal Khichdi
Moong dal khichdi, is a very basic and healthy food. Every house hold has their own recipe for khichdi. At my home khichdi was made with split moong dal and rice. I have added the laucki (ghia, opo squash, bottle gourd), to make this a more complete one dish and one pot meal.
