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Khatti Meethi Lauki Dal Recipe - Sweet & Spicy Bottle Gourd Dal

June 11, 2024

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Khatti Meethi Lauki Dal Recipe - Sweet & Spicy Bottle Gourd Dal - Recipe image with step-by-step cooking instructions
Time:Prep: 20 M|Cook: 30 M|Total: 50 M
Makes:4 Servings

Khatti Meethi Lauki Dal Recipe is a tangy and sweet Bottle Gourd curry which is packed with flavours from cinnamon and ginger and given that zing from freshly squeezed lemon juice and coriander leaves. It is a super simple one-pot recipe made in a pressure cooker and perfect for those days when you want to keep things simple.

The bottle gourd is first sauteed with all the Indian spices and it is pressure cooked so that the vegetable can be cooked very easily in few minutes and at the same time the flavour remains intact.

Lauki is a wonderful vegetable that can be made into various dishes right from sweet to savoury. At the same time it also as the various beneficial element to cure heart problems. 

Serve the Khatti Meethi Lauki Dal Recipe along with Red Cabbage Poriyal and Methi Thepla for a wholesome lunch or dinner.

If you are looking for more Bottle Gourd Recipes here are some of our favourites :

  1.  Lauki Kheer Recipe (Healthy Bottle Gourd Pudding)
  2. Dal Ghiya with Punjabi Wadiyan Recipe| Lentils with BottleGourd & Sundried Lentil Dumplings
  3. Lauki Bharta Recipe - Spiced & Mashed Bottled GourdRecipe

Ingredients

For Tadka

    1/2 Bottle gourd (lauki), peeled and chopped
    3/4 cup Yellow Moong Dal (Split), or toor dal washed well in water
    1 Bay leaf (tej patta), torn into half
    3 Green Chillies, finely chopped
    1 inch Ginger, finely chopped
    1 Tomato, finely chopped
    1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
    Salt, to taste
    1 teaspoon Jaggery, crushed
    1 Lemon, juice extracted
    Coriander (Dhania) Leaves, a small bunch finely chopped
    1 teaspoon Ghee
    1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
    1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)
    1 sprig Curry leaves, roughly chopped

Instructions for Khatti Meethi Lauki Dal Recipe - Sweet & Spicy Bottle Gourd Dal

    1

    We begin making the Khatti Meethi Lauki Dal Recipe, prepare all the ingredients and keep them ready.

    2

    Into the pressure cooker at the bay leaf, ginger, tomatoes, green chillies, moong dal, turmeric powder, jaggery, chopped lauki, salt and 2 cups of water.

    3

    Cover the pressure cooker and cook the Khatti Meethi Lauki Dal for 3 whistles. After 3 whistles, turn the heat to low and simmer for 3 minutes and turn off the heat.

    4

    Allow the pressure to release naturally. Once the pressure releases, check the taste, add salt if required and adjust the chilli and jaggery as well accordingly.

    5

    Heat ghee in a tadka pan over medium heat; add the cumin seeds, hing and curry leaves. Allow them to crackle. Add the ladka to the Lauki Dal.

    6

    When you are ready to serve, give it a brisk boil just and squeeze in the juice from one lemon and stir in the chopped coriander leaves.

    7

    Transfer the Khatti Meethi Lauki Dal to a serving bowl and serve hot.

    8

    Serve the Khatti Meethi Lauki Dal Recipe along with Red Cabbage Poriyal and Methi Thepla for a wholesome lunch or dinner.



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