Ingredients :Chopped Ridge Gourd : 1 cupToor Dal : ½ cup
Tomato : 1
Onion : 1
Tamarind : Gooseberry size ball
Mustard Seeds : ½ tsp
Chana Dal : ½ tsp
Curry Leaves : 2 sprigs
Garlic Cloves : 2 or 3
Green Chillies : 3
Dried Red Chilli : 1
Red Chilli Powder : ½ tsp (Optional)
A big pinch of turmeric
A pinch of hing
A pinch of hing
Salt to taste
Method :
Wash, peel and chop the ridge gourd into medium size pieces. Put the toor dal, chopped ridge gourd, chopped tomato, chopped onion, tamarind, green chillies and a cup of water in a pressure cooker and cook till 3 whistles. Turn off the flame and wait until the pressure go off. Heat a teaspoon of oil in a vessel. Add the mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal and let them splutter. Add the garlic cloves, red chilli, hing and curry leaves to it and fry for a few seconds. Now add the dal mixture, salt, red chilli powder and turmeric to it and cook for another 2 minutes. Switch off the flame and serve hot with roti or steamed rice, dollop of ghee and some papads.
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Yummy! flavorful and tasty!
Super delicious Dal !! love to have with steamed rice with ghee !!
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doing dal with some vegs…its very healthy n taste!nice click dear!
very tempting click..
perfect version..:)
Tasty Appetite
yummy n healthy dear
hari i do make this dal and my version is towards milder side and your version looks yum..its been long time i didnt have it.
Delicious beerakaya pappu and nice clicks…
Looks delicious Hari, would love to try this 🙂
Healthy and tasty looking dal
Spicy & tasty!!! Best with rice & papad!!!
Prathima Rao
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