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

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

By Admin
Prep Time Total in 50 M
Course Dinner
Cuisine North Indian Recipes
Diet Vegetarian

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.

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon Oil
  • for cooking 
  • 1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
  • 1 sprig Curry leaves
  • finely chopped
  • 1 inch Cinnamon Stick (Dalchini)
  • broken
  • 1 Bay leaf (tej patta)
  • torn into half
  • 1 inch Ginger
  • finely chopped
  • 1 Tomato
  • finely chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli powder
  • 1 cup Arhar dal (Split Toor Dal)
  • washed well in water
  • 2 cups Bottle gourd (lauki)
  • peeled and chopped
  • Salt
  • to taste
  • 1 teaspoon Jaggery
  • crushed
  • 1 Lemon
  • juice extracted
  • 4 sprig Coriander (Dhania) Leaves
  • finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon Amchur (Dry Mango Powder)
  • 1 teaspoon Jaggery
  • powdered
  • 1 teaspoon Lemon juice
  • Coriander (Dhania) Leaves
  • a small bunch finely chopped
  • Oil
  • for cooking 

Instructions

Step 1

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

Step 2

Preheat oil in a pressure cooker over medium heat

Step 3

Add the cumin seeds and allow it to crackle

Step 4

Add the cinnamon stick, bay leaf, ginger, tomatoes and curry leaves

Step 5

Saute for about minute until the tomatoes are slightly mushy

Step 6

Add the turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt, washed toor dal, chopped bottle gourd, salt to taste, jaggery and 2-1/2 cups of water

Step 7

Cover the pressure cooker and cook the Khatti Meethi Lauki Dal for 3 whistles

Step 8

After 3 whistles, turn the heat to low and simmer for 3 minutes and turn off the heat

Step 9

Allow the pressure to release naturally

Step 10

Once the pressure releases, check the taste, add salt if required and adjust the chilli and jaggery as well accordingly

Step 11

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

Step 12

Transfer the Khatti Meethi Lauki Dal to a serving bowl

Step 13

  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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