{"id":184891,"date":"2023-09-11T08:26:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T08:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/?p=184891"},"modified":"2023-09-11T08:26:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T08:26:41","slug":"recipe-jayantis-lauki-chana-dal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/celebrity\/recipe-jayantis-lauki-chana-dal\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe: Jayanti&#8217;s Lauki Chana Dal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All sizes of bottle gourds or <em>lauki<\/em>s or <em>doodhi<\/em>s are flooding the market post the rains. It&#8217;s therefore the best time to whip up <strong>Jayanti Soni<\/strong>&#8216;s tasty and fast <strong>Lauki Chana Dal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also a way to make sure your family eats more proteins.<\/p>\n<p>The dish goes well with <em>paratha<\/em>s or <em>roti<\/em>s and it&#8217;s guaranteed to find a place on your list of comfort foods.<\/p>\n<p>Before Jayanti moved to Mumbai, she lived in a Rajasthan-Gujarat border town named Bhinmal, where she grew up learning to make food that has influences of both states.<\/p>\n<p>A first-rate cook, Hindi, singing and music are her other interests and in which she did her higher studies. These days she is singing a Marwari <em>bhajan<\/em>, <em>Meethe Ras Se Bharyodi Radha Rani Lage, Mahne Kharo Yamunaji Ro Paani Lage<\/em> (Radha <em>rani<\/em>, Krishna&#8217;s consort, is so sweet that in contrast the waters of the Yamuna taste very salty).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/im.rediff.com\/getahead\/2023\/sep\/08food3.jpg?w=670&#038;h=900\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lauki Chana Dal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serves: 2-3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>500 gm <em>lauki<\/em> or <em>doodhi<\/em> or bottle gourd, cut into small pieces, peel on<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>1 cup<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>chana dal<\/em>, soaked in water for an hour<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2 onions, finely chopped<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2 tomatoes, chopped<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>4-5 garlic pods, crushed<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&frac12;-inch piece ginger, crushed<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2-3 green chillies, chopped into 1-inch pieces<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Salt to taste, around 1 tsp<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&frac12; tsp <em>rai<\/em> or mustard seeds<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&frac12; tsp <em>jeera<\/em> or cumin seeds<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 tsp red chilly powder<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&frac14; tsp <em>haldi<\/em> or turmeric powder<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1&frac12; tsp <em>dhania<\/em> or coriander powder<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Small bunch green <em>dhania<\/em> or coriander or cilantro, roughly chopped<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 cup water<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2 tbsp oil<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/\/im.rediff.com\/getahead\/2023\/sep\/08food1.jpg?w=670&#038;h=900\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heat the oil in a <em>kadhai<\/em> or pan.<br \/>Add the <em>jeera<\/em> and <em>rai.<br \/><\/em>Let it splutter.<br \/>Add the chopped onions, crushed ginger, crushed garlic.<br \/> Let it fry for a few minutes.<br \/>Add the chopped tomatoes.<br \/>Add the salt, turmeric powder, coriander powder, chilly powder.<br \/> Mix well and allow it to cook for 4-5 minutes.<br \/>Add the soaked <em>chana dal<\/em> and the chopped <em>lauki.<\/em><br \/>Add the water and mix. <br \/>Cover and allow the mixture to cook for around 20 minutes.<br \/>If the <em>lauki<\/em> pieces have become soft and break easily with a teaspoon, it&#8217;s done.<br \/>If not, allow it to cook for 5 more minutes.<br \/>Add the chopped green <em>dhania<\/em> and the green chilly. <br \/>Allow it to cook for 1 minute more and take off heat.<br \/>Serve hot with&nbsp;<em>paratha<\/em>s or <em>roti<\/em>s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/im.rediff.com\/getahead\/2023\/sep\/08food2.jpg?w=670&#038;h=900\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH: How to make Lauki Chana Dal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photographs and video: Dhairya Soni<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>REDIFF<\/em> RECIPES<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/\/im.rediff.com\/getahead\/2023\/sep\/08food-lead1-1.jpg?w=670&#038;h=900\"><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rediff.com\/getahead\/report\/recipe-jayantis-lauki-chana-dal\/20230911.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All sizes of bottle gourds or laukis or doodhis are flooding the market post the rains. 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