Bottle Gourd Dal Recipe | Sorekayi Dal | Sorakaya Pappu

Bottle gourd dal recipe with step by step photos | Sorekayi Tovve Recipe | Sorekayi Tovve | Lauki Moong Dal | Lauki Moong Dal Recipe | Sorakaya Pappu recipe

Bottle gourd dal / Sorekayi Tovve / Lauki Dal is an easy, tasty and quick dish made with Bottle gourd, Moong dal, Tomato and few basic spices. A hot bowl of Dal , Rice ,little ghee on top and some papad on side.. is what defines comfort food any day… isn’t it ??

Here are some more Dal recipes that you can try –Ridge gourd Dal, Palak Dal , Dill leaves Dal , Dal Bhukara , Drumstick leaves dal ,Raw Mango Dal , Lauki Channa dal etc

About the Recipe

Delicious, super easy and healthy Bottle gourd Dal aka Lauki Dal – Sorekayi tovve in the making !! Pair it up with some hot rice, ghee/ roti.. trust me a bowl full of dal will be licked clean in minutes.

This healthy, easy, simple lentil curry can be made in an instant pot or a traditional stovetop pressure cooker.

Bottle gourd also known as Lauki / Giya / Sorekayi .. is a very healthy vegetable unfortunately not many are fond of it . Including bottle gourd in our diet reduces fatigue and maintains freshness especially in summer.Its a natural body cooler as it has good moisture content. We all know lentils are a powerhouse of nutrition and should be included in any diet.

Some of the bottle gourd dishes shared in the blog that you can check Lauki Channa Dal , Lauki Raita , Lauki Kofta Curry , Dhoodhi muthiya

Bottle Gourd Dal recipe with step by step photos :

• Pick tender bottle gourd . Wash it .

• Peel and dice gourd into small pieces. Keep them aside.

• Wash moong dal nicely 1- 2 times , add haldi to it and pressure cook with tomato and Green chillies. You can pressure cook bottle gourd and dal together by placing the vessel one above the other in the cooker ( pot in pot out method )

• On medium flame cook 2 whistles or cook till soft. Usually , moong dal doesn’t take long to cook

• Once pressure releases , mash the cooked dal and keep aside. Keep the veggie aside too.
• In a pan add oil and ghee .Prepare tempering. Splutter mustard and jeera .Add broken red chilli pieces , hing and curry leaves. Saute 1-2 mins.

• Add chopped Onion, grated ginger .If using garlic , add them too. Saute till onions are translucent .

• Add red chilli powder and saute a min .

• add cooked mashed dal and cooked veggie .

• Combine everything.

• Add salt to taste and tamarind pulp . Add water to adjust the consistency . Simmer and boil dal for 3-4 mins.

• lastly add coriander leaves .

• Lauki dal is ready to serve . Enjoy withi Roti / phulka / rice etc

Few points to note while making Bottle gourd Dal :

• Always choose tender , young , fresh bottle gourd which has less seeds . Large mature gourds usually have a lot of seeds and are fibrous
• I use moong dal to make this dish . However , if you want can use tuvar / dal.
• For souring , you can use either tamarind or lemon.
• I usually don’t add garlic to this dal . Keep it simple with ginger and hing as main flavors . However , if you want can add few garlic pieces for tempering .
• If you want , you can pressure cook dal , tomato , green chilli and ridge gourd pieces together in a cooker and later mix it with prepared tempering. In that case, chop bottle gourd little bigger so that they don’t get mushy.
• Instead of pressure cooker , you can use Instant Pot .