Kaddhu (bottle gourd) and Moong dhal (bengal gram) recipe

This is one of our favorite dishes now. This can be made instead of the normal toor dhal which we make daily. This goes well with roti as well as rice.
So let me tell you how i prepared this recipe. We need to soak moong dhal for this preparation to be quick and perfect.
Other ingredients are:
Kaddhu - small cubed pieces
Onion - 1 chopped
Tomato - 1 chopped
turmeric powder
coriander powder
chilli powder
garam masala
salt
Oil, mustard and cumin seeds
Curry and coriander leaves.



Take enough length of kaddhu, peel off the skin and cube it into small pieces. Transfer these pieces to the cooker with 2 cups of water. Also add one cup of washed and overnight soaked moong dhal to it, along with turmeric powder, chilli poder and corainder powder. Close the lid and leave the cooker on flame till 5-6 whistles. The dhal and kaddhu have to be well cooked, can say little over cooked as well. Once done remove it from the flame and mash the contents with a masher. It should be half mashed and half not. Keep it aside.

Now take a vessel, heat it, add oil, mustard and cumin seeds, chopped onions, curry leaves and tomatoes. When onions are brown, add the mashed contents of dhal and vegetable. Add enough salt and water. I added little more Chilli powder (home made, along with few spices, which gives a different taste and flavor). We may also add little garam masala or jeera masala for adding up the flavour. Let it boil for few minutes, before turning off the burner.
Garnish with corainder leaves and over it with a lid.

Aloo and kaddhu ki sabji

Wash and peel both kaddhu and potatos into medium size cubes.Also chop onions and tomatoes and keep it ready.

Heat kadai add oil and when it will warm enough add mustard and cumin seeds as usual. Now add onions and ginger garlic paste and cook till the aroma changes. Then add tomatoes, turmeric powder, salt, chilli powder, corainder powder, cumin powder and garam masala and mix well. now add the vegetables and water and let it cook well. Thats it.

Kaddhu Dhal (Bottle gaurd with lentils)

Take equal quantities of Masoor dhal and Toor dhal, wash it with water 3 times and keep aside to soak for a while. Meanwhile chop the onion, kaddhu and tomato, and keep the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves, salt, chilli powder, corainder powder and chilli powder ready.

Now add the dhals in a cooker with 2 cups of water, salt and turmeric powder and leave it for 3-4 whistles so that the it gets cooked well and mashed. Then keep it aside. Now heat oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds and cumin seeds, onion, tomato and fry well adding salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder and corainder powder. Mix well and add the kaddhu pieces, water and let it cook well. When cooked well, add the boiled dhal and leave it to boil. Add little tamarind water and leave it to boil again before switching off the burner.

Tasty dhal is ready to be enjoyed with rice.