lauki Chana Dal Recipe / Bottle Gourd And Bengal Gram Curry / Lauki Chana Dal Ki Sabzi Recipe

Preparation Time -   2 hours 20 minutes
Total Preparation Time - 2  hours 20 minutes  
Cooking Time -  45    minutes 
Course -  Vegetables  Curry / side dish 
Cuisine -  North Indian  
Serve -  4  
Author - Paramita's Kitchen   


Ingredients :

1. Bottle gourd - 1
2. Bangal gram -  1 cup
3. Onion - 2
4. Garlic paste - 2 table spoon
5. Ginger paste - 1 table spoon
6. Kashmiri dry red chili powder - 1 table spoon
7. Dry red chili powder - 1 table spoon
8. Cumin powder - 1 table spoon
9. Coriander powder - 1 table spoon
10. Fresh coriander leaves - 3 table spoon
11. Gram Masala powder - 1 tea spoon
12. Bay leaf - 2
13 . Whole Cumin Seeds - 1 small tea spoon

Methods : 
1. Wash the bottle gourd and peeled the bottle gourd . Cut into medium cubes .

2. Wash and rinse the dal . Soak the dal in enough water  for about 2 hours .

3. After 2 hours , drain the water .

3. Boiled the dal  in a pressure cooker  with  water . Cover  and  close the lid .  Cook till 2 whistles on medium flame . Switch off the flame . Allow  it  to cool  .  Open  the cover  of  pressure  cooker .

4. Pour oil  in a wok . Heat the oil  and oil is  smoking and hot  . Now add bay leaf and cumin seeds . Fry till few seconds .

5. Next  add onion and fry till onions are translucent .

6.  Add bottle gourd cubes  and mix well . Sprinkle salt all over the bottle gourd and mix well . Cover the wok . Cook till 10 minutes on medium flame .

8. After 10 minutes , bottle gourd pieces are done .

9. Next add finely chopped tomatoes and saute till tomatoes are soft and mushy  on medium flame .

10. Add  turmeric powder and sugar and combine . Saute till few minutes . Once sugar is dissolve . Raw smell  goes off turmeric powder .

11.   Also  add  ginger paste and garlic paste .  Saute till few minutes .  Fry    until  raw smell goes off  .

12. Next add kashmir dry red chili powder , cumin powder , coriander powder , dry red chili powder , gram masala powder , finely chopped fresh coriander leaves and mix well . Fry until oil starts  to separates from the sides .

13. Next add cooked dal  and pour 1 cup of water . Mix well . Uncovered  and  Cook  till 10  - 15 minutes  on  medium flame .

14. After 10 minutes , meanwhile  dal is completely thick . Bottle gourd pieces are soft  and tender .

15. Switch off the flame . Pour the dal in a serving bowl .

16. Serve  hot  with  Indian  breads .  

Happy Cooking ,

With Love  ,

Paramita's Kitchen .