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Lauki chana dal recipe with step by step photos - a tasty and healthy gravy recipe made with bottle gourd (opo squash) and bengal gram (chana dal or split chickpea). This Punjabi lauki chana dal curry is an easy and quick recipe and goes very well with roti or phulkas. This recipe is made quite often at home.
Lauki chana dal Recipe is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Lauki chana dal Recipe is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook lauki chana dal recipe using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lauki chana dal Recipe:
- Make ready 1 cup bottle guord
- Prepare 5 tbsp chana dal soak for one hrs
- Take 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Take 1 tsp red chilli powder
- Get 1 tsp cumin powder
- Make ready 2 tsp green chilli and ginger paste
- Prepare 1 tomato chopped
- Get 2 tbsp Oil
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Make ready For tempering
- Take 1 tsp cumin seeds
- Make ready 1 bay leaf (optional)
- Make ready 1 dry red chilli
Lauki is also known as Doodhi or Giya and one of my favorite dishes while growing up. In the South, we make Kootu with the Lauki that was cooked along with lentils and coconut. When I got married I noticed many similarities with this dish and Kootu. Lauki chana dal - this is one of my favorite recipes!
Steps to make Lauki chana dal Recipe:
- Peel and cut the bottle gourd into cubes.. Wash properly. Once it is done. Drain the excess water.Keep aside to a bowl.
- Let it crackle for few minutes. Add cubed bottle guard. Fry till the water evaporates. Add masala powder fry till the masala coated well.
- Add soak chana dal. Stir it for few minutes.Once it is done. Add water as needed. Cover the lid and wait for three whistle. Once it is done. Cool it. Take out the lid. Transfer to a beautiful serving bowl.
- Ready to serve with Hot… Chapati and Rice
It is unbelievably easy to make and jam-packed with authentic flavors. I am sure lauki-haters will also love this curry. At home, we call it "dudhi chana dal nu shaak" in Gujarati. You will get a medium spicy curry made from bottle gourd, bengal gram, tomatoes, and few spices. During summer days, both lauki ( Bottle gourd / Ghia / dudhi) and chana dal can be combined to make this highly.
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