Lauki Daal (Lentil with Bottle Gourd)

Lauki Daal

Lauki Daal (Lentil with Bottle Gourd) is a very delicious Bihari dish. It is very healthy also as lentil is full of protein and Lauki has lot of fibre. It can be had with rice or roti.

Ingredients:

Lentil (tuvar or chana or masoor daal) half cup, Lauki about 100 gm cut into small pieces, one small onion chopped, turmeric powder and chili powder half teaspoon, salt to taste, one tomato cut into small pieces.

Procedure:

Wash the lentil and put it in a pressure cooker together with lauki, onion, tomato, turmeric and chili powder, salt and about 4-5 cups of water. Put the cooker on stove and allow to cook till 3 whistles. Then allow the pressure to ease on its own. There after add a piece of red chili, a tea spoon of cumin seeds and two pieces of garlic to one table spoon of pure ghee in a large spoon and heat on flame till it becomes brown and the add this “tadka” to the daal. You may garnish it with coriander leaves.

The delicious Bihari dish Lauki Daal is ready to serve.

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Chana (Bengal Gram) Bajhka or Bhajiya

Chana Bhajiya is a very delicious snack of Bihar. It is very nutritious as well as very simple to make.

Recipe for Chana Bhajiya :                                                                                                                

 Ingredients:

 1. 1 cup Broken Softened Chana (Beaten up)

 2. 1 cup chana daal                                                                                                                         

 3. 1/2 cup rice

 4. Garlic – 3 pieces

 5. 1 onion chopped

 6. Salt according to taste

 7. Green chili chopped or red chili powder as per your taste 

Procedure:

 1. Soak rice and chana daal for 3 hours

 2. Then grind the softened rice and chana dal into a mixture along with garlic

 3. Add salt, chili and onions to the mixture.

 4. Add the soaked and softened Chana and your batter is ready

 5. Heat oil and deep fry small flattened portions (about 2 table spoons) of batter

 till it is golden brown. Remove it from oil and keep for some time on tissue paper

 soak that extra oil is soaked into tissue paper.

The delicious Chana Bhajiya is ready to serve.

Have it with coriander chutney or tomato sauce!

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