Split Bengal Gram with Bottle Gourd

Name: Split Bengal Gram with Bottle Gourd (Chanay Ki Daal Lauki)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: Serves: 3-4 persons
Ingredients: ½ tsp Red Chilli Powder; ½ tsp Turmeric Powder; ½ tsp Garlic Paste/Powder; ½ tsp Garlic Paste/Powder; ½ tsp Ginger Paste/Powder; ½ tsp Ginger Paste/Powder; 1 tsp Salt (or to taste); 2 medium Tomatoes; 1 cup Chana Daal; ½ medium onion (chopped); 250 g Bottle Gourd; 3-4 Green Chillies; 2 tbsp fresh Mint Leaves; 3-4 tbsp Oil/Ghee; 1 small Onion (sliced); 3-4 tbsp Oil/Ghee

Chanay Ki Daal Lauki

Preparation info

Serves:
3-4
persons

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 15

Appears in

VIRSA

By Shehar Bano Rizvi

Published 2021

About

This recipe of chana daal cooked with lauki is a wholesome meal served with chapati or naan. This delicious recipe is Ammi’s family recipe and is one of the very few vegetarian dishes that I liked as a child.

Ingredients

1 cup Chana Daal
½ medium onion (chopped)
250 g

Main course
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Soak daal for half an hour or more.

Cook daal in 2 cups of water with salt and turmeric (¼ tsp) until it softens. Blend until consistency thickens.

In a separate pan, fry oni