Bottle gourd Kurma is a healthy curry recipe made with the bottle gourd (aka Lauki, Dudhi, Doodhi, Ghiya) cooked together in an aromatic spicy kurma or korma masala made of coconut, cashews, and other spices in the Instant Pot Pressure Cooker.
You can add Roasted Bengal Gram/fried gram/putani or poppy seeds while grinding instead of cashew nuts. It also helps to make the gravy thick. But I like adding cashews because it would give a nice creamy texture (and increase calories) and thickness to the kurma/curry.
Adjust the consistency of the Kurma by adding the required amount of water.
If you do not have grated coconut, you can use ½ cup of full fat thick coconut milk.
You can also add ½ cup of fresh or frozen peas, it makes the dudhi kurma recipe more tasty and healthy.
You can replace Bottle gourd with the vegetable of your choice like beetroot, chow-chow, ridge gourd, etc.
Note: Nutrition values are my best estimates. If you rely on them for your diet, use your preferred nutrition calculator.