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How To Make Lauki Chana Daal Sabji | Dudhi Chana Dal Recipe +Video

2012-10-01 by Anjana Chaturvedi

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

Lauki chana daal sabzi-  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. 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. Big sized Ghiya 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. 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 Tamatar ki sabzi
  • Lauki Moong Daal sabzi
  • Lauki Kofta Ki Sabzi
  • Kashmiri Doodhi Yakhni
  • Lauki Ki Kheer
  • Lauki Ka Pakoda
  • Lauki Ka Halwa

lauki chana daal sabji

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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: 6
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

    Filed Under: Gravy dishes, Sabzi and Curries, Summer special Tagged With: bottle gourd curry, chana, daal, Dodhi, dudhi, ghiya, ghiya chana dal, Healthy Recipes, Indian Curries, Indian recipes, Lauki, lauki chana dal, No onion garlic recipe, North Indian Food, Punjabi Cuisine, satvik, Subzis and curries, vegan recipe

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    Comments

    1. Sujata Rajive says

      2021-10-02 at

      All your recipes are superb .Have you written e recipe book?
      I would like to buy it.

      • Anjana Chaturvedi says

        2021-10-08 at

        Hi Sujata- planning to write a e-book, You can check my youtube channel-https://www.youtube.com/maayeka

    2. 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

    3. Anonymous says

      2012-10-10 at

      wow great taste thanks.

    4. 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

    5. divya says

      2012-10-01 at

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

    6. Sangeetha says

      2012-10-01 at

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

    7. Priya says

      2012-10-01 at

      Irresistible and healthy subzi..

    8. Hema says

      2012-10-01 at

      Love this combo, looks simply delicious..

    9. Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj says

      2012-10-01 at

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

      2012-10-01 at

      healthy and delicious combo.

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    11. Hamaree Rasoi says

      2012-10-01 at

      Delicious and healthy subzi.
      Deepa

    12. Anu says

      2012-10-01 at

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

    13. Beena.stephy says

      2012-10-01 at

      Looks very delicious curry
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    14. 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 🙂

    15. Ezcookbook says

      2012-10-01 at

      delicious preparation …..

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    16. Ramya says

      2012-10-01 at

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

    17. 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.

    18. 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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    "Maayeka" means a mother's home. I am Anjana Chaturvedi, and I share on this blog traditional vegetarian and vegan recipes from India, that have been handed down to me from my mother, aunts, and grandmothers. All of these recipes are "Sattvic" - cooked without using any onions or garlics - which are known as "taamsic" or negative ingredients in Ayurveda. Hope you enjoy these recipes and feel free to reach out to me for any questions or feedback!

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