All Yakhin - Lauki ki yakhni - bottle-gourd in curd based gravy

Ingredients

1. bottle gourd 500 grams peeled and sliced
2. curd 150 grams
3. shahi jeera 1 teaspoon
4. salt to taste
5. mustard oil - any oil is fine but kashmiri cuisine tastes best in mustard oil
6. Fennel powder - saunf powder 1 tablespoon

Method

1. Deep fry sliced bottle gourd in mustard oil ( ensure you heat mustard oil first to smoking point)
2. Remove extra oil from the pan just use 1 tablespoon of oil
3. To this add shahi jeera 
4. Now add fennel powder
5. Cook for 1 minute
6. Add Curd and keep stirring continuously till it starts boiling
7. Add fried slices of lauki
8. Add salt 
9. Let it cook till slices absorb gravy
10. Enjoy with steamed rice :)