Stuffed Turai- zucchini – Turai Sabzi (Bharwan) or Stuffed Sponge Gourd- Step by step recipe. Turai or Sponge Gourd is one such vegetable that is rarely focused on, as it lacks a rich intrinsic flavour and is very mushy in texture. Bharwan Turai or Stuffed Sponge Gourd is easy to make yet delicious recipe of Sponge Gourds aka Turai/Tori that will definitely top the culinary charts at your home.

Sponge Gourd -Sponge gourd is quite lower in immersed fats as well as calories. It contains high amounts of dietary fibre, vitamin C, riboflavin, zinc, thiamine, iron, and magnesium.

• Blood purifier: it is said to be an excellent blood purifier as it flushes out the pollutants from the blood.
• Prevent Diabetes: gourds have insulin which is extremely beneficial for diabetes.
• Good for the stomach: it prevents indigestion which leads to a healthy stomach.
• Skincare: fully grown gourds can be used as a scrubber. It helps to eliminate dead skin cells from the body or face.
• Weight loss: it helps to prevent cholesterol therefore it helps to lose weight.
• As it is good for the stomach it cures jaundice.
• Other than the food, Sponge Gourd can be coupled with other vegetables to use plastic recycling.

A very delicious way of preparing simple tori …… kid’s always complaining whenever I use to make tori in my home then I started making it this way… and u know this was so hit that they started liking it so much that now they ask me to make this.

How To Make Stuffed Tori:

Peel  and  slit zucchini

Grate onion, ginger and chopped green chilly. Heat oil in a pan roast grated onion and ginger. Sauté till oil separate add tomato puree and all dry ingredients. Mix well to form a semi-dry mixture

Furthermore, Fill this mixture in the slit of zucchini. Heat a frypan with 1 tbsp of oil. Add all stuffed tori in this pan and cook till turn soft

Finally, i would like to share few more recipes from my blog:

• Basic Sponge Cake
• MIRCHI VADA ||RAJASTHANI MIRCHI VADA
• Potato dip ( aloo raita)
• Bottle gourd halwa ‘ lauki ka halwa’
• INDIAN GRAVY(CURD GRAVY)
• Crispy Turai || Tori Ki Sabji
• LAUKI PANEER KI SABJI
• Mughlai Karela/ Sweet and Sour Karela

STUFFED TURAI || SPONGE GOURD || STUFFED ZUCCHINI

Recipe by MINAL SHARMACourse: MainCuisine: IndianDifficulty: Easy

Servings

6

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

40

minutes

stuffed Turai or Stuffed Sponge Gourd is easy to make a yet delicious recipe. This summer vegetable is so tasty and kids friendly too.

Ingredients

• Zucchini or tori……………….8 to 9 medium-sized

• Onion…………………..3 medium-sized

• Ginger…………………….11/2 inch piece

• Tomato puree…………2 tbsp

• cumin  powder………….2 tsp

• Amchoor/dry mango powder……1tsp

• Red chilly powder……..1 tsp

• Salt as per taste

• Sauf /fennel powder…………… 1 tbsp

• Coriander powder……..1 tbsp

• Oil ……………………………1tbs+1tbsp

• Pinch of sugar

Directions

• Peel  and  slit turai / zucchini
•  Grate onion, ginger and chopped green chilly
•  Heat oil in a pan roast grated onion and ginger
•  Sauté till oil separate add tomato puree and all dry ingredients
• Mix well to form a semi-dry mixture
• Fill this mixture in the slit of zucchini
•  Heat a frypan with 1 tbsp of oil
• Add all stuffed tori in this pan and cook till turn soft

Recipe Video

Notes

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