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ridge gourd recipe | ridge gourd dal recipe

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: South Indian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 2 dry red chilly
  • 2 green chilly
  • few curry leaves
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 5 shallots
  • 1 tomato(chopped) (small-sized)
  • 1 ridge gourd (peeled, chopped)
  • 1 tsp red chilly powder
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • ½ cup thor dal (cooked)
  • coriander leaves for garnish
  • 1 tbsp ghee

Method
 

Cooking Thor dal:
  1. Firstly, take 1/2 cup of rinsed thor dal in a pressure cooker, pour in 2 cups of water
  2. pressure cook for 7 whistles in medium flame
  3. After pressure released, open the lid, keep aside for later use
Chopping the Ridge gourd:
  1. Firstly, peel off the ridges of ridge gourd and discard
  2. Then peel off the skin, (we can reserve this skin for making chutney)
  3. chop the ridge gourd into cubes.
Making Ridge gourd Dal:
  1. Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan, splutter 1 tsp of mustard seeds, and cumin seeds. Add in dry red chilly and green chilly, curry leaves, garlic cloves, shallots. saute well
  2. Next, add chopped ridge gourd, salt, saute well
  3. And then add 1 tsp of coriander powder and 1 tsp of chilly powder, 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder, just mix for 30 seconds in low flame
  4. next add 1 tomato chopped, mix well, cover and cook for 5 minutes
  5. then add cooked dal and mix well
  6. bring into boil, boil it for few minutes
  7. and then turn off the flame, add coriander leaves.
  8. Serve with rice with ghee.
    (and also with rotis too)