Chana dal with white-gourd (Dhudi)

Ingredients:
200gm White-gourd
1 cup Chana Dal (Bengal gram)
3 cups water for cook the dal
1-tbsp red chilli powder
1\2 tbsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp lemon juice
Salt to taste

For temper:
2-tbsp oil
1\2 tbsp cumin seeds
2 dry red chillies
1 tbsp garlic red chilli paste

Method:
Step 1: Wash the dal in a few changes of water.
Step 2: Soak in water for 15 minutes. Add 3- cup water and cook up to 3 whistles in cooker.

Step 3: Let it be cool for 5 minutes and after that mix with big spoon.Step 4: Peel the white-gourd and cut into small pieces.

Step 5: Heat the oil in a frying pan add dry red chillies and cumin seeds.

Step 6: Sauté on medium flame for few seconds, when seeds are in brown color add finely chopped white-gourd with turmeric powder.Step 7: Cook on medium flame until it becomes soft.

Step 8: Then add garlic-red chilli past in low flame. Take care of red color of paste is not change.
Step 9: Pour the chana daal and stirring.

Step 10: Cook until the daal was boiled.
Step 11: Then add red chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt to taste.

Step 12: Mix well and cook another 5 minutes.
Step 13: Cook dal for 5 minutes more and add lemon juice just before going to turn off the flame.
Step 14: Turn off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves.
Step 15: Serve hot with Paratha…

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Bottle Gourd-Bengal gram( Lauki-Chana Dal)

In Gujarat we call Dudhi chana nu Shaak.

Ingredients:

1-cup soaks Bengal gram (Soak 1 hour)
2-cup chopped Bottle gourd (Lauki/White gourd)

Ingredients for temper:

2-tbsp oil
1\2-tbsp garlic+ red chilli paste
1\2-tbsp mustard seeds
1\2-tbsp cumin seeds

Ingredients for masala:
1\2-tbsp turmeric powder
1\2-tbsp red chilli powder
Salt to taste.

Method:
Step 1: Drain the excess water from chana dal(Bengal Gram) and keep it aside.

Step 2: Heat the oil in cooker.
Step 3: Add the mustard seed and cumin seed in it. When they are pop up then add garlic red chilli paste in it.

Step 4: Add soak chana dal in it.

Step 5: Add chopped bottle gourd(Lauki), turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt to taste.

Step 6: Mix well and add little water (half cup) in it and closed the cooker lid.

Step 7: Cook up to three vishal of cooker.

Step 8: Let it cool for 5 minutes and after that garnish with coriander leaves.

Step 9: Serve hot with Bajri Rotala and green chilli pickle.

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Panchkuti Dal

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3-tbsp moong dal (Mogar dal),
3-tbsp tuver dal,
3-tbsp chana dal (Bengal Gram),
3-tbsp masoor dal,
3-tbsp urad dal,
2-tbsp red chilli powder,
1-tbsp turmeric powder,
3-tbsp lemon juice,
Salt to taste,
Garnish with coriander leaves.
* Mix all dal and wash for 3-4 times.
* Add 2-cup water and soak for 15-minutes.
* Pressures cook the dal for 3-whistles.

* Cool at room temperate.
* Mash the dal with hand blender.


For Tempering:
2-tbsp oil,
1-tbsp mustard seeds,
1-tbsp cumin seeds,
2-tbsp green chilli chopped,
6-7 curry leaves,
1\2-tbsp garlic chopped,
1-small piece of ginger finely chopped.

Method:
Step 1: Heat the oil in pan and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves until spluttering.

Step 2: Then add green chilli, garlic and ginger in it.

Step 3: Cook for one minute so garlic and ginger is become slight golden brown.
Step 4: Then add prepared mash dal in it.

Step 5: After that add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, lemon juice and slat to taste.

Step 6: Turn off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves.

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