Bottle Gourd Curry

Ingredients

1 Bottle Gourd
1/4 cup Channa daal
1 Tomato
3/4 Water
For Seasoning:
2 tbsp Oil
1 tsp Mustard seeds
2 Red Chilli
4 Curry Leaves



Method ( Recipe )

• Soak the channa dal for 15 minutes and cook it in a pressure cook with the tomato, 1/2 cup of water and a little salt for five minutes.
• After that remove it from the burner and add the peeled and chopped bottle gourd into the above mixture 
• Again cook it in a pressure cooker for 3 minutes on medium heat.
• Then open the lid and let it simmer on medium heat.
• Heat oil in a pan and add the seasonings. 
• After the seeds sputter, put these seasonings in the above bottle gourd mixture.
• Boil the mixture till it becomes thick in consistency or until the water goes off and then remove it from the heat.