Recipe: Tasty Dudhi - Chana Dal Sabji (Bottle Gourd And Split Gram Dal)

Dudhi - Chana Dal Sabji (Bottle Gourd And Split Gram Dal). Dudhi Chana Nu Shaak/Lauki Chana Dal ki Subji/ Bottlegourd Gram Curry is a curry made as a regular everyday meal (roz ka khana) in Gujarati household. It is a delicious, protein-rich and vegan curry made by cooking Dudhi (bottle gourd) and chana dal (split gram) along with spices. Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid.

Now add turmeric powder, dhana jeera powder, red chilli powder, dal shak masala and salt. Once the split gram and bottle gourd is soft and mushy, commence the tempering. In a deep pan add in the ghee. You can have Dudhi - Chana Dal Sabji (Bottle Gourd And Split Gram Dal) using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Dudhi - Chana Dal Sabji (Bottle Gourd And Split Gram Dal)

1. You need 500 gm of bottle gourd.
2. It's 1 1/2 cup of Splitted Gram Dal.
3. You need of Water as required.
4. You need 1/4 tsp of Salt each (in bottle gourd and gram dal while boiling).
5. Prepare 1/4 tsp of Turmeric (1/8 in both while boiling).
6. You need 3 tbsp of oil.
7. It's 1 tsp of mustard seeds.
8. Prepare 1/4 tsp of asafoetida.
9. You need 2 of Chopped onions.
10. Prepare 2 of Chopped Tomatoes.
11. You need 1 1/2 tbsp of green chilli garlic ginger paste.
12. You need To taste of Salt.
13. It's 1/8 tsp of Turmeric Powder.
14. Prepare 1 tsp of red chilli powder.
15. It's 1 tsp of coriandor cumin powder.
16. You need 1/2 tsp of Sabji masala.
17. You need As needed of Chopped coriander leaves.

Then add in the cumin seeds, coriander seeds, curry leaves, chilli, turmeric powder, tomatoes and grated ginger in that order. Lauki Chana Dal is a nutritious recipe that combined the Bottle Gourd and lentils making it a perfect dish for a wholesome lunch or dinner. 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.

Dudhi - Chana Dal Sabji (Bottle Gourd And Split Gram Dal) instructions

1. Wash and soaked dal for 3-4 hrs. Now take a cooker bowl put dal, water, salt and Turmeric Powder. Dice bottle gourd take in cooker bowl add salt, Turmeric Powder. Mix both.put the bowl in cooker and get 4 whistle. Let cooker get cool down..
2. Mean while make gravy. Take a kadhai/ pan on Medium flame add oil, mustard seeds. Let it crackled. Now add asafoetida and Chopped Onions. Saute it till golden..
3. Now add green chillies ginger garlic paste, saute it for a min. Add chopped tomatoes. Saute it till it cook and get smashy. Open the cooker dal and bottle gourd is cooked..
4. Now add all dry masalas and add salt if required and adjust the taste..
5. Now add boiled bottle gourd and boiled dal. Mix it well. Get a boil. Now smash some dal and bottle gourd while boiling in gravy. So that the gravy will become thick..
6. Sabji is ready. Add chopped coriander mix it well. Now it's ready to serve with any chapati, roti rice. Enjoy.
7. Note: while boiling we are adding turmeric in bottle gourd because it want change the colour once it get boiled. If we will not add Turmeric bottle gourd become black after boiled..

When I got married I noticed many similarities with this dish and Kootu. Dudhi chana ni daal nu shaak (Lauki Chana Dal - Bottle gourd and Bengal gram curry) is authentic and common Gujarati veg. Major people avoid bottle gourd but this combination taste delicious and different. Lauki is healthy and very helpful in weight loss. It also helps in treatment of high blood pressure and heart disease also.