Sunday, July 26, 2009

Karela Dal



You Need
1 bittergourd/karela
1 huge onion
1 tbsp GGP
1 tbsp green chillies
2 cups tur dal
1 tsp haldi
salt
3 tbsp oil
1 tbsp mc seeds

Soak dal atleast 30 mins.
Pressure cook with half of the haldi and a tbsp of salt.
Finely chop onions and karela.
Heat oil in a pan.
Add mc seeds and let splutter.
Add onions, GGP, green chillies, karela. Add rest of haldi and 1 tbsp salt.
Saute till brown.
Mix with the cooked daal and bring to boil.
Be sure to saute the karela till its brown else the whole dal will turn bitter instead of those occasional pieces.
Serve hot with rice and ghee.

2 comments:

Alexis said...

I had this in a restaurant and would love to try making it at home. However, what are 'mc seeds' and 'GGP'?

Sarika said...

Sorry about that..I should probably publish a glossary :) mc seeds are mustard and cumin seeds. GGP is Ginger Garlic Paste.