Moong Dal with the Bottle Gourd & Bitter Gourds and Coconut
Moong Dal with the Bottle Gourd & Bitter Gourds and Coconut

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, moong dal with the bottle gourd & bitter gourds and coconut. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Wash the mung dal and cut the bottle gourd into cubes. In a pressure cooker heat the ghee. Once it melts put in the cumin seeds. Add bottle gourd, cook till gourd cubes become tender.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have moong dal with the bottle gourd & bitter gourds and coconut using 15 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Moong Dal with the Bottle Gourd & Bitter Gourds and Coconut:
  1. Make ready 250 gm Bottle Gourd (Lauki/Lau)
  2. Prepare 50 gm Bitter Gourd (Karela)
  3. Make ready 50 gm Freshly Grated Coconut
  4. Make ready 1 Dry Red Chilli (whole)
  5. Prepare 1 Bay Leaf (Tejpatta)
  6. Prepare 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds (Rai/Shorshe)
  7. Take 1/2 tsp Fenugreek Seeds (Methi Dana)
  8. Take To taste Salt
  9. Get 50 gm Ginger Paste
  10. Take 1 tbsp Desi Ghee (Clarified Butter)
  11. Make ready 100 gm Yellow Moong Dal
  12. Take 2 tbsp Cooking/Mustard Oil
  13. Get As needed Water
  14. Prepare 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
  15. Get 3-4 whole green chillies

First, boil the moong Dal in a pressure cooker, keep it aside. Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, when mustard seeds splutter, add cumin seeds, chopped onions, curry leaves, turmeric powder, chopped garlic, salt, saute it. Add chopped green chilly, chopped bottle gourd, chopped tomatoes, Mix it and put the lid on and cook it till soft. Bottle gourd and moong dal kootu is a South Indian sorakkai kootu with moong dal lentils stew like curry served with poori or roti.

Instructions to make Moong Dal with the Bottle Gourd & Bitter Gourds and Coconut:
  1. Firstly, clean the daal well enough & put it to be boiled with some salt & turmeric powder & well cooked until soft but not mushy at all
  2. Then, cut the Karelas in the roundels & the lauki into the 4-5 cm chunks/cubicles
  3. Then put the Lauki on the gas stove to be parboiled, with some salt in it & once done ✅ strain it's water & set aside
  4. Then, in a kadhai/wok- Take some cooking oil (I’ve used Mustard Oil) & once heated- Fry the karelas until lightly golden brown & set aside
  5. Now, in the same kadhai put in-Temper the tejpatta, dry whole red chilli, rai & methi
  6. When it starts smelling good- drop in the grated coconut & sauté well & add in it the half of the ginger paste & reserve the rest half to be used later & keep sautéing quite well while stirring continuously
  7. Now, add in it the already boiled Moong Daal and mix well until well incorporated with the rest of the ingredients/stuffs in the kadhai
  8. Once it starts boiling- Now is the time to add in the parboiled lauki/lau & fried karelas in it & again keep mixing well & also add in the salt & sugar & allow it to cook properly by covering the pan occasionally
  9. Lastly, add in the remaining ginger paste and ghee to accentuate it's tastes into the very daal… PS: Please do also remember that- we’ve already used salt while boiling the daal & parboiling the lauki, hence salt need be adjusted accordingly, as per your taste requirements
  10. Our “Teto’r Daal, Uchhe Diye” is ready to be served on the platters now…It’s super delicious & yummy to be had with plain rice alongside any fritters or similar

Add chopped green chilly, chopped bottle gourd, chopped tomatoes, Mix it and put the lid on and cook it till soft. Bottle gourd and moong dal kootu is a South Indian sorakkai kootu with moong dal lentils stew like curry served with poori or roti. Lentils and split peas are lower in fat and high in fiber and protein, and they've the additional benefit of cooking quickly. Now add in salt and mix well. Now make seasoning by heating oil, add in cumin and let it sizzle.

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