Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, lau muger dal ghonto (bottle gourd-moong dal curry - bengali style). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Lau'er ghonto, the close cousin of Lau Chingri, is a dry, hot-and-spicy curry that is prepared by steaming the bottle gourd in its own juices. Dudh Lau pure Bengali style Bottle gourd recipe. Bottle gourd is known for its health benefits.
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have lau muger dal ghonto (bottle gourd-moong dal curry - bengali style) using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Lau Muger Dal Ghonto (Bottle Gourd-Moong Dal Curry - Bengali Style):
- Get 1 medium, size tender bottle gourd, cut into small pieces
- Get 1/4 cup moong dal (split green gram), dry roasted
- Make ready 1 tomato, chopped
- Get 2 tbsp. mustard oil
- Take 1 tsp. panch phoron (equal quantity of fennel, fenugreek, mustard, cumin & nigella seeds)
- Make ready 1/4 tsp. asafoerida
- Make ready 2-3 green chilies, slit
- Get 8-10 vadi (dried lentil dumplings)
- Prepare to taste salt
- Prepare 1 tsp. turmeric powder
- Prepare 1 tsp. sugar (opt)
- Take 1 tsp. roasted cumin powder
- Make ready 1 tbsp. ghee
- Get handful coriander leaves, chopped
Tetor Dal Lau Uchhe diye Bhaja Moong Dal is a traditional Bengali nutritious lentil soup to soothe stomach in brutal heat of Indian Summer. This nutritious lentil soup is also known as Bengali style Bhaja Muger Dal Uchhe diye or Moong lentil with Bitter & Bottle Gourd. Lau Ghonto is a Bengali authentic traditional dish. Bottle gourd (lau / lauki) is good source of carbohydrates, Vitamin A, C and minerals.
Instructions to make Lau Muger Dal Ghonto (Bottle Gourd-Moong Dal Curry - Bengali Style):
- Heat oil in a pan and fry the vadi till golden brown. Drain and keep aside. Temper the same oil with panch phoron and allow it to splutter.
- Now add the green chilies and asafoetida. Saute for a few seconds. Add the bottle gourd, fried vadi, dry roasted moong dal and all the dry spices.
- Mix everything well and cook, covered on a low flame. Sprinkle water if required and stir at intervals. When almost done add the tomatoes and continue to cook till the moisture is all absorbed.
- Switch off the flame and add the ghee followed by the coriander leaves. Give it a stir and keep it covered for 5 minutes. Serve as a side dish with either rice or chapattis.
It helps in maintaining blood pressure and cholesterol , helps controlling diabetes, reduces fats and also useful in weight loss. Lau Ghonto is a Bengali vegetarian side dish. Its main ingredient is bottle gourd which is called as lauki in hindi and lau in bengali. It is very simple to cook and very tasty. Bottle gourd has numerous health benefits and specially good for old aged peoples.
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