Kaddu Ka Dalcha: Recipe of the Day

Ingredients:

1 Medium sized kaddu (bottle gourd)

250 gms Chana dal

250 gms Tomatoes

150 gms Cooking oil

2 Onions

2 tsp Red chilly powder

50 gm Tamarind

3 gm Shahi jeera, grounded

1 coriander leaves

1 curry leaves

10 Green chilies, chopped

1 tbsp Ginger-garlic paste

1/2 tsp Turmeric

5 gm cinnamon

5 gm Grounded elaichi

2 tsp Powdered jaggery

Salt to taste

How to prepare

Wash and cut the bottle gourd (kaddu) into pieces.

Dip the tamarind in a cup of water & squeeze to prepare sour tamarind water.

After washing the chana dal, boil it properly.

Grind it to paste. Add the tamarind water along with 2 glasses of water.

Keep the broth ready.

Fry chopped onion and kaddu in oil.

Add ginger-garlic paste, red chilly powder, haldi and salt according to taste.

Add chopped tomatoes.

Pour water and cook tomatoes & kaddu properly.

Add the Broth of the chana dal to the kaddu mixture followed by sprinkle of turmeric, cinnamon, elaichi, and shahi jeera.

After this, add curry leaves, green chillies, jaggery powder & coriander leaves.

Boil it for few minutes.

Now Pumpkin Dalcha is ready to serve.