Steps to prepare Dudhi Chana Dal Ki Sabji
Servings: 3-4 person
Ingredients:
- Chana dal - 1 cup
- Bottle gourd (Dudhi) - 5-6 inch piece
- Tomato - 1 piece grated
- Oil - 5-6 tsp
- Mustard seeds (Rai) - 1/2 tsp
- Cumin seeds (Jeera) - 1/2 tsp
- Cloves - 2-3 pieces
- Whole red chili - 1 piece
- Red chili powder -1/2 tsp (as per your taste)
- Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
- Asafoetida (Hing) - 1/2 tsp
- Kasuri methi - 2 tsp
- Garam masala - 1 tsp (optional)
- Water - 2 cups (approx)
- Lemon juice - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
Method to prepare Dudhi Chana Dal:
- Wash chana dal and soak it in water. Drain the water after 30 minutes.
- Cut Dudhi into a small piece.
- Mix chana dal, dudhi, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, a pinch of salt, and 1.5 cup water in a cooker. Cook this mixture on high flame till 2-3 whistles and then keep it aside to cool down.
- Now it's tadka time. Take a pan to add oil, mustard seed, cumin seed, whole red chili, asafoetida, cloves add tomato. Cook it for few minutes on medium flame.
- Add Kasuri methi, add 1/2 cup water into the pan and cook it for a minute.
- Now add content from the cooker into the pan and heat it again for a minute.
- Turn off gas and garnish coriander and cover it.
- Serve in a bowl and enjoy it with chapati, paratha, or jeera rice.