soft gourd cooked with chana dal

Apr 28, 2022
By Mary Anthony
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NENUA CHANA DAL KI SABJI / SOFT GOURD COOKED WITH CHANA DAL / नेनुआ चना दाल की सब्ज़ी / तोरई चना दाल की सब्जी -/ SPONGE GOURD WITH BENGAL GRAM RECIPE

INGREDIENTS

Soft gourd – 300 or 400 grms
Chana dal – ½ cup
Oil – 1 tbsp
Jeera – 1 tsp
Fennel seeds / saunf – ½ tsp
Onion finely chopped – 1
Curry leaves – few
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
Tomato finely chopped – 1
Salt to taste
Chilli pwdr – 1 tsp or as per taste
Coriander pwdr – 2 tsp
Asa foetida – a pinch
Turmeric – ¼ tsp
Kitchen king masala – 1 tsp
Finely chopped coriander leaves for garnish

METHOD

Clean wash and soak the chana dal for few hrs or overnight.

Peel the skin and chop the gourd.

Heat oil in a cooker.

Add jeera + saunf and let it crackle.

Addonion and curry leaves and stir fry till translucent.

Add ginger garlic paste and stir fry till raw smell leaves .

Add tomato + salt and stir fry till tomatoes soften .

Add the masala pwdrs and mix well.

Stir fry for a min .

Add the chana dal and mix well.

Stir fry for a min.

Add the gourd and mix well.

Add 1 ½ cup or 2 cup water and mix well.

Adjust salt as needed.

Pressure cook on medium flame upto 1 whistle.Lower the flame and cook for 8 to 10 mins .

Once done allow to cool.

Open and give a nice mix.

Garnish with coriander leaves .

Serve with Indian bread or rice.

NOTE –

Add less water if serving with chapati items or aqdd 2 cup water for having with rice .
Instead of kitchen king masala , we can use 1 tsp sambar pwdr or ¼ tsp garam masala.
Same recipe can be tried with dudhi / tinda/cabbage /turai etc