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Lauki Chana dal recipe / Lauki sabzi / Lauki chana dal ki sabzi / Bottle gourd sabzi / sorakkai curry / Doodhi chana dal recipes with detailed instructions and step by step photos. Bottle gourd is known as sorakkai in tamil, lauki or doodhi in hindi. Bottle gourd / lauki is often used in Indian households to make many dishes of it like chutney, kootu, poriyal and many. Lauki chana dal is a Indian style lentil base curry which taste delicious and moreover you can pair it with both rice and roti. This lauki chana dal recipe is an easy quick recipe. Lauki has many health benefits hence i try to include it in our meal quiet regularly. You can also make lauki kofta, lauki halwa or lauki kootu with lauki / bottle gourd.
I recommend you to soak the chana dal for this recipe as it helps to soften the dal. This recipe can be made with zucchini instead of lauki. You can also make dry curry by just reducing the water. This doodhi chana dal curry is easy to cook and can be cooked under 30 minutes. This curry is also has wholesome nutrients in it.
Lauki Chana dal recipe / Lauki sabzi
Ingredients
- 200 gms Lauki / Bottle gourd
- 1/2 cup Chana dal
- 2 tbsp Oil / Ghee
- 1 tsp Cumin
- 1/2 tsp Mustard
- 1 medium Onion Chopped
- 1 medium Tomato chopped
- 2 tsp Red chili powder
- 1 tsp Coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp Cumin powder
- 1/2 tsp Garam masala
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric
- Salt
- Water
Instructions
- Firstly wash and soak the chana dal and peel the skin and chop the lauki and set aside
- Heat a pressure cooker with some oil or ghee and add mustard seeds and cumin once it splutter add chopped onion and ginger garlic paste and saute it till onions turn soft
- Now add tomatoes and cook till they turn soft
- Add chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric and garam masala and mix well
- Further add the soaked chana dal and chopped lauki and mix it with the masala
- Add required water and salt and cover the lid and pressure cook it for 4-5 whistles in high flame and switch of the flame
- When the pressure releases on its own add in the chopped coriander leaves
- Serve it hot with roti, rice or paratha
