Tetor dal (lentils cooked with bitter gourd and bottle gourd)
Source : Cube Bottle Gourd And Pressure Cook With 1/2 Cup Water And Little Salt Only One Whistle Open Lid After 2 Minutes Set Aside Boil Moong Dal With Salt Turm...
PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings
Sent by Kumkum Chatterjee
at : July 29, 2026
Step:
Cube bottle gourd and pressure cook with 1/2 cup water and little salt only one whistle.Open lid after 2 minutes.Set aside.Boil moong dal with salt,turmeric and ghee for 2 whistles with 1 cup water.Open pressure after 5 minutes.Meanwhile fry the bitter gourd. Mix all in the dal Heat mustard oil in a wok and sprinkle phoron and dry red chillies.When it splutters pour this in dal and boil till well mixed.The dal should not be overboiled.Add 1 tsp sugar and scraped coconut.Serve with rice.
Ingredients
1/2 cup unfried yellow moong dal
1 cup cubed bottle gourd (lauki)
2 bitter gourd sliced
1 1/2 tsp ginger paste
1 tbsp scraped coconut
1/4 th tsp turmeric powder
2 dry red chillies
1/2 tsp mustard, methi and radhuni(ajmod) seeds for phoron