Moong Dal with lauki

Name: Moong Dal with lauki
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 2portion
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup moong dal split green; 1/2 cup lauki bottle gourd / cut in small pieces; 1 tomato small chopped; 1 onion small chopped; 2 green chillies slitted; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 1/2 tsp jeera cumin seed /; pinch asafotida / hing; 4 sprigs corriander - 5; to taste Salt; 1 tsp turmeric powder; to taste Chilly powder -; 2 tsps dhaniya powder; 1 cup water; 2 tsps oil; optional Lemon juice

pinksocks @cook_7828550

Moong Dal makes very common appearance at our home. I always look forward to making different version for husband's tiffin. The split whole green gram/split green moong dal here is cooked with lauki/bottle gourd and tempered lightly with green chillies and tomato.

pinksocks @cook_7828550

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Ingredients

20 mins

2portion

1/2 cupmoong dal split green
1/2 cuplauki bottle gourd / cut in small pieces
1tomato small chopped
1onion small chopped
2green chillies slitted
1 tspmustard seeds
1/2 tspjeera cumin seed /
pinchasafotida / hing
4 sprigscorriander - 5
to tasteSalt
1 tspturmeric powder
to tasteChilly powder -
2 tspsdhaniya powder
1 cupwater
2 tspsoil
optionalLemon juice

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Steps

20 mins

1

Soak the dal for 10-15 minutes.
2

In a cooker, heat oil and add the jeera and mustard seeds. Let them crackle. Add the hing also.
3

Now put the green chilly and onions. Sweat them for 3-4 minutes.
4

Add the tomatoes and the masalas- turmeric, chilly powder, dhaniya powder and salt.
5

Cook off the spices for few seconds and then add about 1/4 cup water.
6

Once the tomatoes are soft, add the lauki and the soaked dal.
7

Add the remaining water and put the lid on.
8

1 whistle on full flame and 2 on a medium low heat shall ensure a perfectly cooked dal.
9

Serve with fulka/paratha or even have it like soup.