Hyderabadi Dal kadu recipe by the cozy plates
*Dal Kadu* is a comforting Hyderabadi dish of lentils cooked with bottle gourd/lauki. "Kadu" = bottle gourd in Urdu. It’s mild, creamy, and great with roti or rice. Ingredients: *For 3-4 servings: - Toor dal/arhar dal/Dal Chana: 1 &half cup, washed - Bottle gourd/lauki: 2 cups, peeled and diced small - Tomato: 1 medium, chopped - Onion: 1 medium, finely chopped - Green chili*: 1-2, slit - Ginger-garlic paste: 1 tbsp - Turmeric: ¼ tsp - Salt: to taste - *Water: 3-4 cups - Half Chicken cube( optional) For tadka/tempering: - *Ghee or oil*: 1 tbsp - *Cumin seeds*: ½ tsp - *Mustard seeds: ½ tsp - *Curry leaves: 8-10 - *Dry red chili: 1, optional - *Coriander leaves: for garnish 1. Instructions: Add oil in pressure add onion and fry until it change its color add ginger garlic paste and cook for a min then add tomato or tomato paste green chilies then add spices (salt,turmeric and red pepper) cook for 2,3 min then add bottle gourd and mix well then add 1 glass of water. Cook ...
