Bottle Gourd Dal Recipe with step by step pictures. This is made with Bottle Gourd and Yellow Split Moong Dal.
Bottle Gourd Dal
This is one dish which my mom makes often. The one thing she do is changes the vegetable that goes into this. She adds cucumber, pumpkin, snakegourd and stuff like that. I will surely post those recipes soon. This is one simple recipe that includes dal, veggies and it has no coconut in it.. It taste yummy when had with plain hot rice and ghee.
Meanwhile check out my Papaya Kootu Recipe & Pumpkin & Cowpeas Kootu
Ingredients for Bottle Gourd Dal
- Bottle Gourd / Sorakkai - 3 cups peeled and chopped
- Yellow Split Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu - ¾ cup
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Shallots / Sambar Onion - 3
- Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
- Green Chillies - 2
- Salt to taste
- Water - 2 cup
For Seasoning:
- Oil - 1 tblspn
- Ghee - 1 tblspn
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Onion - 1 small chopped finely
- Garlic - 2 cloves chopped finely
How to make Bottle Gourd Dal
- Take bottlegourd, and all the ingredients mentioned in a pot, cover with water, Bring it to a boil, simmer the pot and cook on a low heat till dal is cooked. It will take around 15 mins.
- Now add in salt and mix well.
- Now make seasoning by heating oil, add in cumin and let it sizzle. Add in onions, garlic and chillies. Saute till golden,
- Pour this over the dal and mix well.
- Serve
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Bottle Gourd Dal Recipe | Sorakkai Paruppu Recipe | Sorakkai Pappu Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 cups Bottle Gourd peeled and chopped
- ¾ cup Yellow Split Moong Dal
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 3 Shallots / Sambar Onion
- 1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 2 Green Chillies
- Salt to taste
- 2 cup Water
- For Seasoning:
- 1 tblspn Oil
- 1 tblspn Ghee
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- 1 small chopped finely Onion
- 2 cloves chopped finely Garlic
Instructions
- Take bottlegourd, and all the ingredients mentioned in a pot, cover with water, Bring it to a boil, simmer the pot and cook on a low heat till dal is cooked. It will take around 15 mins.
- Now add in salt and mix well.
- Now make seasoning by heating oil, add in cumin and let it sizzle. Add in onions, garlic and chillies. Saute till golden,
- Pour this over the dal and mix well.
- Serve
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Bottle Gourd Dal Step by Step Pictures
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| Take your bottle gourd |
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| Peel off the skin |
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| Cut it in half lengthwise |
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| Scoop the seeds |
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| cut it into small pieces |
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| Take it in a pan |
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| add in green chillies. Just prick it with a knife |
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| add in garlic |
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| peeled shallots |
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| Add in washed dal |
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| Pour in water |
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| mix well |
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| Add in some turmeric powder |
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| Mix well |
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| Cook till dal is done |
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| You can see the dal has some texture in them, this is how i like it |
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| Add in salt |
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| mix well |
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| Now lets make the seasoning |
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| Add cumin seeds to oil or ghee |
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| add in onions, chillies and garlic |
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| saute them |
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| fry till golden brown |
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| pour it into the curry |
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| Mix well |









































Anonymous
Watch otchikoren videos ..really you will find very useful recipes there.so u can try and share them
Aysha
Can we add tomato to it
Aarthi
yes u can