Daily Home made Recipes from Hyderabad (Kaddu Channe ki Daal Ka Saalan)

Dear Friends,

Over here i will share some of the delicious and simple to make daily recipes from a typical Hyderabadi house.  Here not only i will show Non Vegetarian but there is lot more for a Vegetarian bloggers.  You should try this at home and i vouch they will be yummy.

 

Kaddu Channe ki Daal ka Saalan

Ingredients
1 Kg - Bottle Gourd (Kaddu)
300 gms - Bengal Gram (Chana Dal)
250 gms - Onions (Lal Pyaaz)
250 gms - Tomato (Tamaatar)
1 - Raw Mango - Medium (Kacchi Kairi)
4 tblsp - refined Ground nut oil (Seng Tel)
2 tsp - Red Chilli Powder (bedgi mirch powder)
1/2 tsp - Turmeric (Haldi)
3-4 - Green Chillies (Hari Mirch)
2-3 tsp - Corriander & Cumin Powder (Sabut Dhaniya Zeera powder)
2 tblsp - Ginger Garlic Paste
1 tsp - Garam Masala powder consisting (3 hari Elaichi(green cardamom), 1stick Dalchini (cinnamon) and 1tsp Shah Zeera (carraway seeds) only)
Salt to Taste
Water - as required

Steps:
1] In a large pressure cooker make dopyaaza ( by easy cooker method) by adding, onions, ginger garlic paste, oil, powdered masala (except Garam Masala), green chillies and little water. see below

2] Mix well and set in over high flame

3] Put on the lid and pressure cook the dish for 1-2 whistle till your onions are tender.

4] After 2 whistle your dopyaaza base will look like this.  This is a simple dopyaaza and very quick to make unlike the traditional way of frying and broiling the onions to get the base.

5] Cut bottle gourd diagonally, chop tomatoes and cut the raw mango in small cubes.

6] Add tomatoes and stir fry (bhuna fry) for 5 minutes.

7] Now add in the Raw mango and Salt, continue to stir fry for 5 more minutes.

8] Boil Channa Dal (bengal gram) seperately until well done.

9] Now add the bottle gourd to the dopyaaza stir fry masala base in pressure cooker.

10] Stir well until nicely mixed in the masala.

 11] Cover the lid of cooker and pressure cook it for 1 whistle only (depending how tender is the Bottle Gourd)

12] Now remove the lid and check for seasonings

13] Now add Boiled Channa Dal into the bottle gourd gravy along with corriander powder and Garam Masala Powder.

14] Continue cooking until the gravy is just done. Adjust salt and water accordingly.

15] Your Kaddu Chane ki Daal ka Saalan is ready to eat .  Serve it with Phulka or Plain rice with a dash of lemon pickle.

ENJOY!