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

Name: Khatti Meethi Lauki Dal Recipe - Sweet & Spicy Bottle Gourd Dal
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: North Indian Recipes
Ingredients: 1/2 null Bottle gourd (lauki) peeled and chopped; 3/4 cup Yellow Moong Dal (Split) or toor dal washed well in water; 1 null Bay leaf (tej patta) torn into half; 3 null Green Chillies finely chopped; 1 inch Ginger finely chopped; 1 null Tomato finely chopped; 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi); null Salt to taste; 1 teaspoon Jaggery crushed; 1 null Lemon juice extracted; null 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

Archana Doshi

June 11, 2024

3517 Ratings

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

Time:Prep: 20 M|Cook: 30 M|Total: 50 M

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Dinner

Cuisine:North Indian Recipes

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.

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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 :

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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