Lauki Dal (Bottlegourd lentil curry)

Name: Lauki Dal (Bottlegourd lentil curry)
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3-serving
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 Cup Toor Dal; 1 Tomato; 1 Onion chopped; 5 - 6 Cloves garlic; 1 ginger small piece of chopped; 1 bottlegourd medium sized; 1 Pinch jeera whole; 1 Pinch mustard seeds; 3 Tablespoons Sunflower oil; 2 Teaspoons Corriander powder; 1 Teaspoon jeera powder; 2 Pinchs turmeric powder; 1 Sprig corriander powder chopped; 2 chillies dried red

Parvathy Jayakrishnan @cook_7800238

Bangalore, India

Enhancing the flavour of a simple dal tadka with bottlegourd. Tasty and healthy!

Parvathy Jayakrishnan @cook_7800238

Bangalore, India

Enhancing the flavour of a simple dal tadka with bottlegourd. Tasty and healthy!

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Ingredients

30 mins

3-serving

1 CupToor Dal
1Tomato
1Onion chopped
5 - 6 Clovesgarlic
1ginger small piece of chopped
1bottlegourd medium sized
1 Pinchjeera whole
1 Pinchmustard seeds
3 TablespoonsSunflower oil
2 TeaspoonsCorriander powder
1 Teaspoonjeera powder
2 Pinchsturmeric powder
1 Sprigcorriander powder chopped
2chillies dried red

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Steps

30 mins

1

Boil the toor dal and mash it to a fine paste.
2

Chop tomato, onions, garlic and ginger finely. Peel the bottelgourd and chop it into 1 inch size cubes.
3

Heat oil in a pan. Splutter mustard seeds and jeera. Add tomato, onion, ginger, garlic and red chillies and saute.
4

Add turmeric, salt, jeera powder and corriander powder and saute till it browns.
5

Add the bottlegourd and continue frying it till it becomes soft and well-cooked.
6

Once the mix in step 3 is cooked to a light brown, add the cooked dal and mix until it blends together well.
7

Garnish with corriander leaves. Serve hot with rice or chapati.

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Parvathy Jayakrishnan @cook_7800238

on August 08, 2013 06:45

Bangalore, India

I love to cook and feed my family and friends. I also love to try out new recipes, so do visit my page for some conventional, sometimes not so conventional, yet interesting food ideas.Health is indeed wealth. So you would find healthier versions of known recipes here, if you'd like to try out.Happy cooking!:)