Name: Lauki Chana Daal Ki Sabzi
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
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; 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

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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.

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Lauki Chana Daal Ki Sabzi

Lauki chana daal ki sabzi- Mildly spiced bottle gourd and bengal gram curry

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time15 mins

Total Time25 mins

Course: Lunch, Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine: Uttar Pradesh Cuisine

Keyword: lauki, lauki chana daal sabzi, lauki ki sabzi

Servings:

Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

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

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Comments

Anonymous says

2013-11-25 at

Hi,
I am chandrika from Triavndrum.I tried this recipie of urs and my entire family loved it!!!It was delicious

Anonymous says

2012-10-10 at

wow great taste thanks.

Mansi says

2012-10-05 at

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

divya says

2012-10-01 at

Wow… this looks tempting and yummy.., looks absolutely delicious.

Sangeetha says

2012-10-01 at

loved your version, i usually make this with moon dal…this sounds very delicious…inviting pic!

Priya says

2012-10-01 at

Irresistible and healthy subzi..

Hema says

2012-10-01 at

Love this combo, looks simply delicious..

Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj says

2012-10-01 at

wow so so lovely dal… i love it very much…
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Meg's Delicious Adventures says

2012-10-01 at

healthy and delicious combo.

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Hamaree Rasoi says

2012-10-01 at

Delicious and healthy subzi.
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Anu says

2012-10-01 at

I know it will so tasty..looks delicious..

Beena.stephy says

2012-10-01 at

Looks very delicious curry
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lavina agarwal says

2012-10-01 at

thank you so much for your lovely comment Anjana ji. My mom makes this, and I love this curry. Making it for dinner tonight 🙂

Ezcookbook says

2012-10-01 at

delicious preparation …..

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Ramya says

2012-10-01 at

What a hearty and comforting meal:-) The rotis looks soo yumm..Superb combo!

kitchen queen says

2012-10-01 at

awesome and delicious lauki with chanadal ki gravy. Our south indian version is also some what similar to this which we call kootu.

Meena B says

2012-10-01 at

i love ur version anjana

next time i make dudhi chana dal i wud try ur version

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