Lauki chana daal sabzi / Dudhi aur chana daal- Mildly spiced bottle gourd and bengal gram curry
Lauki chana daal sabzi- lauki/ dudhi or bottle gourd holds pride of place in the Indian Ayurveda This is the reason why our ancestors included it in their regular diet.
What’s making lauki so popular these days is its benefits on the treatment of high blood pressure and heart disease.And as Lauki is 96.1% water, so is light on the stomach and aids digestion,cure acidity,ulcers, Jaundice and reduce body weight.
When you go to buy bottle gourd try to choose a small or medium size firm bottle gourd with bright and shiny green color, as big sized dodhi may be over ripe and mature and have hard peel and thick seeds which didn’t taste good and take much time to cook.
A simple trick which I learned from my mother is to lightly press your nail in the bottle gourd peel, if it is tender and fresh then your nail will very easily pierce the bottle gourd but if you cant press easily then it is surely over ripe and hard so avoid buying such type of bottle gourd.
Lauki is also consumed in majority of the Indian families because of its low price and its wide availability.Though bottle gourd is a very healthy vegetable ,but due to it’s blend taste often children refuse to eat this.
This bottle gourd chana daal curry is my son’s favorite ,so thought of posting this .Do try and make this for your kids too.Hope they will like this version of Dodhi chana daal subzi.
Do try these easy and delicious lauki sabzi recipes –
Lauki Chana Daal Ki Sabzi
Lauki chana daal ki sabzi- Mildly spiced bottle gourd and bengal gram curry
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 650 gm Bottle Gourd/ Lauki
- 1/2 Cup Bengal Gram/ Chana daal
- 1 Tomato chopped
- 1.5 tsp Ginger/adrak chopped
- 2 tsp Lemon Juice
- 3/4 tsp Turmeric/ haldi
- 1/2 tsp Chili flakes
- 4 tbsp Fresh Coriander/ Hara Dhaniya
- 1/3 tsp Sugar
- 2 cup Water
- to taste salt
Tempering/ Tadka/ Waghar
- 1.5 tbsp Ghee or oil
- 1 tsp Cumin seed/ Jeera
- 1 tsp Green chili chopped
- 10 Curry Leaves
- 1/2 tsp Asafoetida/ Hing
- 2 Dried whole red chilies
Instructions
- Wash and soak chana daal in 2 cup of water for 1/2 hour.
- Peel and chop bottle gourd in medium size pieces.
- Heat ghee in the pressure cooker and then add cumin and all the tempering ingredients on low heat.
- When cumin start crackling and become golden,add soaked chana daal ,bottle gourd ,tomato, chopped ginger, salt ,turmeric and chili flakes and saute for 1 minute.
- Now add 2 cup water ,mix and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles on medium heat.
- Open and check ,IF daal and gourd become soft and slightly mashed then add a pinch of sugar,mix and cook for approx 2 minute on slow flame.(if not cooked properly in 3-4 whistles then pressure cook again for 2-3 whistles.)
- Now open and add lemon juice and chopped fresh coriander.
- Serve hot with roti or paratha
Notes
You can also make this subzi with yellow moong daal (yellow lentil) instead of chana daal
Hi,
I am chandrika from Triavndrum.I tried this recipie of urs and my entire family loved it!!!It was delicious
wow great taste thanks.
Anjana aunty! I am a big fan of
your homely recipes and check out
your bolg every other day to see
the recipes.
This is very similar to what I
make. Addition of chilli flakes
has given it such a nice color.
Will try that. Here is my version –
http://kitchenaroma.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/lauki-chana-daal/
Mansi
Wow… this looks tempting and yummy.., looks absolutely delicious.
loved your version, i usually make this with moon dal…this sounds very delicious…inviting pic!
Irresistible and healthy subzi..
Love this combo, looks simply delicious..
wow so so lovely dal… i love it very much…
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Delicious and healthy subzi.
Deepa
I know it will so tasty..looks delicious..
Looks very delicious curry
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thank you so much for your lovely comment Anjana ji. My mom makes this, and I love this curry. Making it for dinner tonight 🙂
delicious preparation …..
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What a hearty and comforting meal:-) The rotis looks soo yumm..Superb combo!
awesome and delicious lauki with chanadal ki gravy. Our south indian version is also some what similar to this which we call kootu.
i love ur version anjana
next time i make dudhi chana dal i wud try ur version
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