YELLOW LENTIL WITH BOTTLE GOURD

Moong Dal With LAU (LAUKI):YELLOW LENTIL WITH BOTTLE GOURD.

A very old and traditional bengali recipe. Mostly prepared during summers , it is said that this dal keeps the body cool and prevents us from heat. This is a very light to stomach recipe with minimum ingrediants.

INGREDIANTS:

Moong Dal : 100 gms

Bottle gourd : 1 (small)

Mustard oil : 1 tbsp

Cumin Seeds : 1 tsp

Dry Red Chilliess : 2

Bay Leaves : 2

Green Chillies(optional) : 2

Coriander Leaves : 2 tbsp

Sugar : 1 tsp

Salt : According to taste.

METHOD :

Fry the dal or lentil slightly and then boil it in a kadai till it is cooked properly or you can pressure cook it as I do it to reduce the. cooking time and save gas too.

Cut the Bottle gourd into big cubes.

To pressure cook the dal properly add around 300 ml water to 100 gms of dal. After 1 to 2 whistle add thecut gourd, salt and green chillies(optional) . If required add hot water at this time. Now wait till 1 whistle comes. when done keep it aside.

In a pan add the oil then add cumin seeds, bay leaves and dry red chillies. when it is little fried add the boiled dal and gourd.

At this point sugar and salt.

Give it a nice boil. If you wish you can add coriander leaves, I didn't add it as I wanted it to be very simple.

Your simple yellow dal with bottle gourd is ready. Serve it with hot steamed rice and potato fries(alu bhaja).

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