Recipe: Yummy Dudhi Chana Nu Shaak/Lauki Chana Dal ki Subji/ Bottlegourd Gram Curry

Dudhi Chana Nu Shaak/Lauki Chana Dal ki Subji/ Bottlegourd Gram Curry.

You can have Dudhi Chana Nu Shaak/Lauki Chana Dal ki Subji/ Bottlegourd Gram Curry using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Dudhi Chana Nu Shaak/Lauki Chana Dal ki Subji/ Bottlegourd Gram Curry

1. Prepare 250 g of bottlegourd doodhi, washed, peeled and chopped.
2. Prepare 1/2 cup of split gram chana dal soaked for 1 hour.
3. You need 1 tbsp of oil.
4. It's 1/2 tsp of mustard seeds rai.
5. Prepare 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds jeera.
6. It's 1/4 tsp of asafoetida hing.
7. You need 1 of tomato washed and finely chopped.
8. You need 1/2 tbsp of ginger garlic paste.
9. Prepare 2 tsp of sugar (skip if you want to make diabetic friendly).
10. It's 1 tsp of red chilli powder.
11. It's 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder haldi.
12. You need 2 tsp of coriander cumin powder dhania jeera powder.
13. It's 1 cup of water.
14. You need of salt as per taste.

Dudhi Chana Nu Shaak/Lauki Chana Dal ki Subji/ Bottlegourd Gram Curry step by step

1. Wash and soak the split gram (chana dal) for at least one hour..
2. Heat oil in the pressure cooker pan. Add mustard seeds (rai) to it. When it crackles add cumin seed (jeera) to it. Then add asafoetida (hing) and ginger garlic paste..
3. Add washed and chopped tomatoes to it. Add a little salt and cook till tomatoes soften. Add spices - turmeric powder (haldi), coriander-cumin powder (dhania-jeera powder), red chilli powder and sugar. Saute till spices release aroma..
4. Now add the soaked chana dal and half cup of water. Let the water boil and dal cook for 5 minutes..
5. Add the chopped bottle gourd (dudhi) to it. Mix well and add remaining water and salt to it. Close the pressure cooker lid with a whistle and cook for 4 whistles on high heat and 2 whistles on low heat. Let the pressure cooker cool by itself. Remove the lid and dudhi chana nu shaak is ready to serve..
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