Bottle Gourd with chickpea Veg Recipe||

Lauki Chane ki Dal ki Sabzi

A combination of Bottle Gourd chickpea Lentil Vegetable makes a delicious, nutritious dish. This is a common recipe popular in Indian families.

Ingredients for Bottle Gourd with chickpea:

• Bottle Gourd(Lauki)- Chopped pieces(madhyam chhote kate hue tukade).
• Chickpea Lentil(Chane ki dal) - 1/2 cup.
• Tomato - 1/2 cup.
• Garlic(Lahasun) - 1 teaspoon chopped in small pieces.
• Turmeric(Haldi) - 1 teaspoon,
• Oil - 1 TABLESPOON,
• Cumin(Jeera) - 1/2 teaspoon
• Mustard-Rye-(Raai) - 1/2 tsp
• Asafoetida(Hing) - 1/4 teaspoon.
• Cayenne pepper(Red Chili)Powder(Lal Mirch Powder) - 1 teaspoon.
• Powder of coriander and Cumin(Dhaniya Jeera powder) - 1/2 teaspoon.
• Green Coriander(Hara Dhaniya barik kata Hua) - 2 tablespoons, finely chopped.
• Salt : as per taste.

Method of Bottle Gourd with chickpea: 

1. Soak the chickpeas in 1 cup of water for 1 hour.
2. Wash the gourd, and peel it off and cut it into pieces.
3. Heat the oil in a pressure cooker and add the mustard and cumin seeds.
4. When the mustard and cumin get heated well, add Garlic and brown for a while.
5. Add sliced ​Tomato in the cooker and let it cook for a while.
6. Add Chickpeas and Gourd pieces and let it cook for a few minutes.
7. Add Turmeric, Red Chili Powder, Coriander-Cumin Powder, and salt, and mix well.
8. First, close the lid of the cooker and waits for 2-3 whistles.
9. Then boil excess water with the lead open till the vegetable is ready.

The vegetable of Gourd-Chickpea Dal is ready.