Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Bottle Gourd

Bottle gourd also known as calabash or long melon . The fresh fruit has a light green smooth skin and a white flesh. However the rounder varieties are called Calabash gourds. It is cooked most often like a squash.It is used as a main ingredients in lot of recipes.

English: Bottle gourd
Tamil: Suraikkai (சுரைக்காய்)
Telugu: Anapakaya,Sorakaya (సొర కాయ)
Hindi: Lauki (लौकी)
Kannada: Sorekayi
Malayalam:  churakka (ചുരക്ക)

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