During these diwali festival days, after eating lot of sweets and fried items, yesterday I want to to eat something simple yet nutritious. I found bottle gourd(dudhi/lauki) in my refrigerator. I am not big fan of bottle gourd, but I like this curry because of bengal gram. This curry tastes good with chapati(indian flat bread) as well as rice. (I don't have to make dal!!!). This is one of the best curry for diabetic person because of the lower glycemic index of bengal gram.
1 cup bengal gram(split chana dal)
1/2 cut cup bottle gourd
1 tsp jaggery(gud) or sugar (optional)
1 tsp amchur powder or lemon juice
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1 dry red chili
1 tsp dry red chili powder
1 tsp corriander powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
2-3 tsp of oil
pinch of asafoetida
salt as per taste
Soak the bengal gram dal for 4-5 hours. Cut the bottle gourd into small cubic pieces. Pressure cook bottle gourd and bengal gram together with water for 4 whistles. Bengal gram dal should be cooked nicely. (you should be able to break it with your fingers)
Take one sauce pan and put 2-3 tsp of oil in it. Keep the sauce pan on gas on medium flame. Add mustard seeds. Once mustard seeds starts spluttering, add cumin seeds. Then add cumin seeds, asafoetida and dry red chili.
Add turmerid powder and immediately add boiled bottle gourd and bengal gram (I always add turmeric powder immediately after tempering for better color). Now take 1/4 cup water in one bowl and add all dry spice in it. Mix spices well in the water and pour the water in curry.
Add jaggery or sugar (optional). At last add aamchur powder or lemon juice, along with salt.
Simmer it low flame for 20- 25 minutes. Make sure the curry has consistency like gravy, so if needed add extra water inbetween.
Garnish it with cilantro and serve hot with chapati or rice.
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