Lauki Dal Ka Sabji (Bottle Gourd Dal Semi Dry Curry)

Preparation Time: 20 min

Cooking Time: 10 min

Serves: 8

Ingredients measure:-

For pressure cook:

Toor Dal : 1 cup

Lauki(Bottle Gourd): 2 cups chopped as cubes

Salt: acc to taste

For Frying:

Big Onion : 2 cut lengthwise

Tomato : 2 cut lengthwise

Green Chilly :  2 split lengthwise

Garlic : 2 tsp crushed

Turmeric powder : ¼ tsp

Red Chilly powder : 1 tsp

Coriander Powder: 1 ½ tsp

Salt : Acc to taste

Cumin seeds : 1 tsp

Asafetida(hing): 1 pinch

Corainder leaves : 2 tsp

Preparation:-

1)      Pressure cook the items under pressure cook listed above for 1 whistle.
2)      Keep it aside.
3)      In Kadai, Pour 2 tsp oil and splutter the cumin seeds and Asafetida.
4)      Saute Big onion, Green chilly and ginger garlic paste accordingily till translucent.
5)      Spoon in Coriander powder and sauté followed by Red Chilly powder and Turmeric.
6)      Put tomato and 1 cup water to allow the mix to blend and mash well.
7)      Mix in the pressure cooked items to the above and mix well.
8)      Add sufficient salt and allow the water level to come down.
9)      Make it to a semidry state.
10)  Pour it in a casserole and garnish with coriander leaves.