To make this recipe, I recommend t0 soak chana dal for at least an hour. I make this lauki chana dal in a pot, but you can make it in a pressure cooker. I usually make this recipe spicy by adding more red chilies and special garam masala, but you can keep it less spicy or mildly spiced to taste.
Lauki was the favorite veggie of Our Beloved Prophet (PBUH) because it is also sunnah to eat.
To cook this dish, I used the traditional spices that are used by my mother.
In various styles to cook this veggie dish, some people put tomato, a green chili, etc., etc., but I didn’t use all these. Very healthy and delicious,s aslauki chana dal is prepared with very few spices, let's go ahead to know how to make lauki chana dal dish with step-by-step photos...
Tips:
To prepare this dish, use a small and young bottle gourd. You can also utilize the skin of the gourd to make lauki kebabs.
Avoid using a bottle gourd that has a lot of seeds. After peeling the bottle gourd,
Always place it in water to prevent it from turning black. Well-roasting is an important aspect of Pakistani cooking.
Firstly, rinse and soak the chana dal in the hot water for an hour. Peel and chop the bottle gourd into small pieces and put them in the water bowl. Peel and coarsely chop the onion.
Boil chana dal in the pot/saucepan and add ¼ tsp turmeric powder. Mix well, remove the scums on top of the chana dal, and cook it until the dal is soft. And finely crush the black peppercorn and brown cardamom together.
Dissolve all the spice powders in a little water and mix well, then add the dissolved spices to the pot and mix well again over a low-medium flame.
Roast the spices until oil is separated, then put the bottle gourd, roast the lauki with spices very well for 5 minutes over medium flame.
After 5 minutes, add boiled chana dal to the lauki, stir well until oil comes out,p then add crushed spices.
Stir to well combine until oil is separated, pour hot and boiled water, bring it to a boil, then allow to cook another 10 minutes over the low-medium flame, keep stirring occasionally. ally
Once cooks pro, perfectly simmer it for 5 minutes over very low heat.
Lauki chana dal is done to serve