lauki with chana dal

Lauki or bottle gourd is a vegetable which is very soothing to our alementary canal.It easy to digest.It has lot of water content in it .And this is available throughout the year.Therefore lauki with chana dal is a good combination.We can get vitamins from lauki and protiens from chana dal.

Ingredients required

1.   One lauki


2. 1/2 cup  chana dal


3.  2 medium size tomatoes


4 .2 tab spoon oil


5.1 teaspoon  cummin seeds


6.1 teaspoon mustard seeds


7.2 teaspoon salt                           |      


8.1/4 teaspoon chilli powder|


9.1/2 teaspoon  turmeric powder||


10. 1 teaspoon coriander powder|
11. 1" piece of ginger finely chopped


12.1 green chilli finely chopped


13. 2 tablspoon green coriander leaves finely chopped


14. a pinch of hing powder




Wash chana dal and with 1 cup of water let it  pressure cook for 2 whistles.Peel the bottle gourd and chop into pieces of 1 or 1/2 ".Chop tomatoes into 1" pieces.
Remove dal from the cooker when pressure is decreased.Now wash the cooker and put it on the burner.Pour oil add cummin and mustard seed and when these starts spluttering then add hing and pour tomatoes with chilli turmeric,coriander powder.Add chopped ginger and green chillies.       Stir well and add salt.


Now add lauki and boiled chana dal in it.Add 1/4 cup of water and let it cook till 1 whistleOpen the cooker and garnish it with  green chopped  coriander .


Serve it with roti/rice/paratha.