North Indian
Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils)
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Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils) is North Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the protein alongside. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Soak the chana dal for 30 minutes, then pressure cook it with the diced bottle gourd, turmeric, salt, and water until the dal is tender.
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Heat the oil in a pan and let the cumin seeds sizzle, then cook the garlic, ginger, and green chilies for a minute.
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Add the onion and cook until soft, then stir in the tomato, coriander, and red chili powder and cook until the tomato breaks down.
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Pour in the cooked dal and lauki, mash a little to blend, and simmer for 8 minutes.
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Finish with cilantro and serve.
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Serve it with
A North Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 310 kcal
- Protein
- 11 g
- Carbs
- 37 g
- Fat
- 13 g
- Fiber
- 7 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 580 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in summer and the monsoon, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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