Dal Dudhi

Ingredients

Onion – 2 medium chopped

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Tomato – 2 chopped

Green chillies – 2 slit open

Cinnamon – 1 small piece

Caraway seed /shahijeera – 1 tsp

Cloves – 2 to 3

Red chilli powder – as per taste

Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

Coriander powder – 1 tsp

Roasted cumin powder – 1 tsp

Garam masala – ½ tsp

Tuvar dal – 4 tbl.sp

Chana dal – 2 tbl.sp

Moong dal – 2 tbl.sp

Bottle gourd – 250 gm

Salt as per taste

Mint and coriander leaves for garnishing

Method

Peel and chop bottle gourd into pieces.

Wash and pressure cook all the dal given along with turmeric powder and chopped bottle gourd.

Heat oil in a pan, add cinnamon, cloves, caraway seed and cook till it splutter. Add green chilli and fry for few seconds.

Add ginger garlic paste  and sauté for few seconds.

Add onion and cook till it is light brown in color. Add  chopped tomatoes and cook till it is totally mashed. Now add all the powder masala and  fry on a low flame till oil separates.

Add the cooked dal and mix it well. Let it simmer on a low flame till it starts boiling.

Garnish with mint and corriandr leaves and serve hot with rice or roti.

Dudhi Rabdi (bottle gourd rabdi)

Ingredients
bottle gourd - 1/2 kg
milk - 1/2 cup
condensed milk - 3/4 cup
cardamom powder/rose essence
chopped almonds and pistachio and raisins


Method
Heat ghee in a pan and add chopped almonds, pistachio and raisins and fry for few seconds. Remove and keep aside and in the same pan add grated dudhi/bottle gourd, condensed milk, milk and cook till it becomes thick. Add cardamom powder. When done remove in a bowl and garnish with fried nuts.

Launki Muthiya

Ingredients

Grated bottle gourd/launki – 250 gm

Wheat flour – 1 cup

Chickpeas flour/besan flour – ¾ cup

Semolina – ¼ cup

Ginger garlic paste – 2  tsp

Green chili – 2

Baking soda – ½ tsp

Curd –  ¼  cup

Sugar – 2 tsp

Red chilli powder – as per taste

Salt as per taste

Coarsely grinded peanuts – 3 tbl.sp

Lemon juice – 1 tsp

Coriander leaves

For tampering

Oil – 2 tbl.sp

Mustard seed – 1 tsp

Sesame seed – 1 tbl.sp

Few curry leaves

Method

Combine all the ingredients given except lemon juice and coriander leaves and knead to a soft dough.

Make oblong shape balls and steam it for 20 -25 minutes.

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seed and sesame seed, when they start to crackle add curry leaves and muthiya, mix well and cook for 5 to 6 minutes.

Remove in a bowl and garnish with coriander leaves and add lime juice to it.

Dudhi Phirni (bottle gourd recipe)

Ingredients

Bottle gourd – 250 gm

Milk – 1 litre

Condensed milk – ½ can

Milk powder – 2 tbl.sp

rice - 2 tbl.sp

Dry fruits – 2 tbl.sp

Cardamom powder – ½ tsp

Ghee/butter – 2 tbl.sp

Saffron soaked in milk

Method

Peel the skin and grate bottle gourd(dudhi)

soak rice in water for one hour and then grind it coarsely.

Heat ghee in a pan, and fry this grated bottle gourd for 2 to 3 minutes and remove and keep aside.

In the same pan, add milk and leave it to boil. When it starts boiling,add rice and cook till the rice has become soft and tender.

 Add condensed milk, then add grated bottle gourd, cardamom powder, milk powder and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.

Remove from fire and garnish with  dry fruits and saffron and serve.

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