Freeze Dried Bottle Gourd

Lauki is ninety-two percent water, which makes it heavy to carry, quick to spoil and slow to cook. Take the water out and you are left with light, pale slices that come back to life in a few minutes of simmering.

Particularly useful if you cook lauki often but resent buying a whole gourd for one meal.

• Bottle gourd, peeled and sliced
• No salt, preservatives or colour

• Soak in warm water for 8 to 10 minutes, then cook as usual
• Add directly to dal, sambhar or khichdi while it simmers
• Use in lauki muthiya and kofta without the grating and squeezing

Sealed, cool and dry. Reseal firmly after each use.

Sealed and kept somewhere cool and dry, several months. Once opened, close the jar firmly straight after every use. Freeze-dried food pulls moisture out of ordinary air quickly, and once it softens the crispness does not come back.

No. Dehydrated usually means hot-air dried at 60 to 80 degrees, which darkens the food, drives off the aroma and leaves it chewy. Freeze-drying applies no heat at all — the food is frozen, then the ice is drawn off under vacuum. The colour, aroma and structure survive.

No. Nothing has been added to this product beyond what is stated on the label. Removing the water is what preserves it, so no chemical preservative is needed. Any sweetness you taste came with the food itself.

No. Store it at room temperature in a sealed jar, away from direct sun and away from steam. A cupboard is ideal. Do not keep it beside the stove or the sink.

Cover with warm water and leave for five to ten minutes, depending on how thick the pieces are. Vegetables can also go straight into anything with enough liquid — soups, dals and curries — and will rehydrate as it cooks.

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