Bottle gourd is 96.1% water, so is light on the stomach and aids digestion. A 100 gm serving of lauki contains just twelve calories and is ideal if you are watching your weight. Bottle gourd juice is an excellent remedy for excessive thirst caused by diarrhea, over consumption of fatty or fried foods, and diabetes. Drink a glass of this juice with a little salt added to it to treat this condition....
Ingredient's
1 medium size bottle gourd, clean and chopped in to small pieces
75gram of channa dal
2 onion, 3 green chillies, 3 tomato's, finely chopped
1tsp red chilly powder, 1tsp coriander powder, 1tsp garam masala, 1tsp turmeric
1tsp ginger garlic paste
2cup of water
For Tempering
1/2tsp cumin seeds
4 dry red chillies
4 garlic cloves
few curry leaves
Oil and Salt as per taste
Cooking Method
In a pressure cooker add channa dal, bottle gourd, turmeric, salt and water, close the lid and boil for atleast 4 to 5 whistle. Then in a deep frying pan add oil, when the oil is hot, add the cumin seeds, dry chillies, cloves and curry leaves, when they splutter, add chopped onion and green chillies, fry to golden brown, then add the masala and ginger garlic paste with little water, fry for 7 to 8 minutes, now add the chopped tomato's and cook till soften. Now add the boiled channa dal and bottle gourd, salt and water if needed, Cook for another 8 to 10 minutes.
Garnish with Coriander leaves
Serve hot with Roti's or Rice.
Ingredient's
1 medium size bottle gourd, clean and chopped in to small pieces
75gram of channa dal
2 onion, 3 green chillies, 3 tomato's, finely chopped
1tsp red chilly powder, 1tsp coriander powder, 1tsp garam masala, 1tsp turmeric
1tsp ginger garlic paste
2cup of water
For Tempering
1/2tsp cumin seeds
4 dry red chillies
4 garlic cloves
few curry leaves
Oil and Salt as per taste
Cooking Method
In a pressure cooker add channa dal, bottle gourd, turmeric, salt and water, close the lid and boil for atleast 4 to 5 whistle. Then in a deep frying pan add oil, when the oil is hot, add the cumin seeds, dry chillies, cloves and curry leaves, when they splutter, add chopped onion and green chillies, fry to golden brown, then add the masala and ginger garlic paste with little water, fry for 7 to 8 minutes, now add the chopped tomato's and cook till soften. Now add the boiled channa dal and bottle gourd, salt and water if needed, Cook for another 8 to 10 minutes.
Garnish with Coriander leaves
Serve hot with Roti's or Rice.
27 comments:
Tempting Curry
Healthy and yummy! Looks inviting...
Hmm.. Yummy and delicious curry for chapathis. Loved your version.
Nice combination curry...looks very tempting
Love this combo..looks so yumm!!
wow..love d hot color...awesome recipe..
Tasty appetite
Looks awesome,delicious curry with tempting color.
Bottle gourd and chanadal curry looks delicious
Very tempting hot colorful curry..
Delicious Combo and very tempting !!!
A nice and colorful curry for chapathis...
Very soothing and tempting looking preparation.
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
Yummy curry...
FunWidFud
Curry looks so beautiful and tempting.
Very inviting and comforting curry,delicious!
looks so colourful and tempting :)
Looks so yummy...
have never cooked with bottle gourd...i shud give it a go next time i come across it in the Indian store
Love the combination of bottle gourd and lentil- very tempting! Nice pics, too.
Yummy combo :)
Curry looks delicious..
Wow, very cool! In Italian cuisine this gourd is called gourd cucuzza.
Here in the south of the US they only grow this for looks not for eating, what a shame!
This is one of my fav curry...looks drooling..yummmm.
You have very nice blog and great recipes too..following you :))
http://vegetarianmedley.blogspot.com/
delicious healthy combination looks wonderful
dal curry looks delicious n nice click
Bottlegaurd is one of my fav curries....this looks yummy!! Glad to follow u!!
Ankita
http://eat-hearty.blogspot.com/
A hearty dish! love it with steamed rice!
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