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Bottle Gourd 5 Dal Curry Recipe, How To Make Bottle Gourd 5 Dal Curry Recipe

Name: Bottle gourd 5 Dal Curry
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 4

Bottle gourd mixed with dal is a nutritious food to serve with rice or roti. The flavour of the dish is even more enhanced with a ting of ghee.

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How to make Bottle gourd 5 Dal Curry

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Prep time
10 mins

Cook time
22 mins

Total time
32 mins

Author : Vahchef
Main Ingredient : Bottle Gourd

Servings : 4 persons
Published date : January 12, 2019

Ingredients used in Bottle gourd 5 Dal Curry
• Bottle gourd (chopped ) - 1 number.
• Dry red chillies - 3 number.
• Coriander seeds - 1 tea spoon.
• Cumin seeds - 1 tea spoon.
• Dry coconut (chopped) - 1/4 cup.
• Toor dal - 1 tea spoon.
• Chana dal - 1 tea spoon.
• Urad dal - 1 tea spoon.
• Green moong dal - 1 tea spoon.
• Moong dal - 1 tea spoon.
• Garlic cloves - 5 number.
• Curry leaves - 2 springs.
• Shallots - 9 number.
• Tomato pieces (slices) - 1 number.
• Mustard seeds - 1 tea spoon.
• Green chillies - 4 number.
• Salt - to taste.
• Tamarind juice - 1 cup.
• Jaggery - 1 tea spoon.
• Water - as required.
• Coriander leaves (chopped) - 1 bunch.
Method:
Heat oil in a pan, add dry red chilies, coriander seed, cumin seeds, dry coconut, slightly saute it. To it, add toor dal, chana dal, urad dal, green moong dal, moong dal, saute it for about half a minute. Then add garlic cloves, curry leaves, shallots, slices of tomato pieces, cook it. Later grind to fine paste. Now, in another pan, when it hot enough, add mustard seeds, red chilies, cumin seeds, chopped bottle gourd, shallots, green chilies, salt, tamarind juice, jaggery, and cook by stirring occasionally with closed lid. After some time, add earlier ground onion and tomato paste along with water cook it for about 1-2 minutes. At last, garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve it with hot rice.