Lauki Chana dal recipe / Lauki sabzi
Lauki Chana dal recipe / Lauki sabzi / Lauki chana dal ki sabzi / Bottle gourd sabzi / sorakkai curry 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.
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
Notes
Soak the chana dal for 30 minutes prior cooking