Lauki Wala Daalcha by Shireen Anwer

Ingredients:

• Bottle gourd (peeled &cubed) half kg
• Moong beans 1/4 cup
• Yellow lentils 1/4 cup
• Green lentils 1/4 cup
• Black lentils 1/4 cup
• Ginger garlic paste 2 tsp
• Tamarind pulp 1/2 cup
• Salt 1/2 tsp
• Red chili powder 1 tsp
• Coriander seeds (roasted & ground) 2 tbsp
• Cumin (roasted & ground) 1 tbsp
• Button red chilies (roasted & ground) 8 – 10
• Turmeric 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves 15 – 20
• Onions (chopped) 1 cup
• All spice 1/2 tsp
• Green chilies 4
• Coriander leaves 2 tbsp

Method:

1. Soak all lentils for 1 hour.
2. Now cook all lentils with turmeric in boiling water until it tender.
3. Then soak coriander, cumin and button red chilies in 1 tbsp oil separate.
4. Now take them put and grind together.
5. Then heat 1/2 cup oil in pan, put curry leaves and onion and fry until golden.
6. Now add ginger garlic paste and fry it more.
7. Then put red chili powder, salt, bottle gourd, add 1 cup water, cover it and cook until bottle gourd tender.
8. Now add boiled & blended lentils and cook until it is thick.
9. Then put tamarind paste, grinded masalay, all spice and green chilies, cook for 10 minutes and serve it.