Name: Sorakaya Pappu/Lauki Toor Daal recipe by Zulekha Bose at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Pigeon pea lentil/Arhar dal 1&1/2 cup; Bottle gourd(Lauki) 300; Water 3 cups; Salt to taste; Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon; Tamarind paste 2 tablespoon; Sambar powder 1&1/2 tablespoon; For the masala:; Oil 2 tablespoon; Cumin 1/2teaspoon; Small mustard/ 1/2 teaspoon; Bay leaves 2 numbers; Onions chopped 1; Green chillies slit into two 2 numbers; Kashmiri red chilli powder 1/2teaspoon; Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon; Tomato chopped 1 big; For pigeon pea& bottle gourd seasoning: -; Oil 1 tablespoon; Small mustard 1/2 teaspoon; Cumin 1/4 teaspoon; Red chilli split into two - 2; Onions cut into cubes 1 small

Ingredients Serving: 4

Pigeon pea lentil/Arhar dal 1&1/2 cup
Bottle gourd(Lauki) 300
Water 3 cups
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon
Tamarind paste 2 tablespoon
Sambar powder 1&1/2 tablespoon
For the masala:
Oil 2 tablespoon
Cumin 1/2teaspoon
Small mustard/ 1/2 teaspoon
Bay leaves 2 numbers
Onions chopped 1
Green chillies slit into two 2 numbers
Kashmiri red chilli powder 1/2teaspoon
Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon
Tomato chopped 1 big
For pigeon pea& bottle gourd seasoning: -
Oil 1 tablespoon
Small mustard 1/2 teaspoon
Cumin 1/4 teaspoon
Red chilli split into two - 2
Onions cut into cubes 1 small

Instructions

Rinse pigeon pea well and drain all the water.
Rinse bottle gourd and peel out skin and cut into small pieces.
Take 3-litre cooker add pigeon pea split lentil and pieces of bottle gourd and pour 2 cups of water, turmeric powder, salt and tamarind paste and sambar powder.
Close the lid and put the wishtle on, now cook on high flame untill 2 whistle comes.
Reduce the flame and cook for another 10 minutes under a medium flame or until 2-3 whistle comes.
Switch off the flame and wait till all the pressure releases from the cooker.
Meantime take a pan heat 2 tablespoon of oil let it come to smoking point.
Now add cumin seeds, small mustard allow them to crackle
Add slit green chillies, bay leaf, and chopped onions, saute till onions turn pinkish in colour.
Add turmeric powder, Kashmiri red chilli powder, ginger garlic paste, saute, till the raw smell of ginger garlic goes.
Now add chopped tomatoes saute till tomatoes turn soft and mushy.
Now add cooked bottle gourd and pigeon pea split lentil.
Adjust the water level according to your taste. Cook under medium flame till it starts boiling.
Switch of the flame.
For seasoning -Now take another pan heat 1 tablespoon of oil let it heat to a smoking point.
Now add cumin seeds, small mustard let it crackle now add 2 red chillies, cubes of onions.
Let the onions turn into golden brown in colour.
Pour this seasoning to the cooked pigeon pea split lentil and bottle gourd.
Garnish with coriander and serve hot with rice or chapati or paratha.

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