Bottle gourd Tomato Dal / Squash Tomato Dal (Sorakaya Tomato Pappu- telugu)

Today I prepared Bottle gourd Tomato dal for my three year old son. He likes dal with slight tangy flavor. Usually I prepare tomato dal , but today added one more vegetable to increase nutritious value. And my son liked it very much.
 

Bottle gourd/Lauki/opo squash and  Tomato Daal  (Sorakaya Tomato Pappu)


 

Ingredients:

Bottle gourd/Sorakaya/lauki - 1 (Small size)

Tomatoes - 3 (large size)

Toor dal - 1.5 cups

Water - 3 cups

Tamarind - small lemon size

Turmeric - 1/4 tsp

Green chillies - 2

Salt - 1 tsp

Chilli powder - 1/2tsp

 

For Tadka/Talimpu/Popu:

Oil - 1 Tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Cumin - 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves - few

Garlic clove -1

Dried red chillies – 2

Hing/ asafetida – 1 pinch

 

Method:

• Peel the skin of Bottle gourd and chop into small pieces. Chop onions, tomatoes and green chillies into small pieces. Wash the toor dal.
• In a pressure cooker add toor dal, water, chopped onions, bottle gourd, tomatoes, green chillies, turmeric powder, salt and chilli powder.    

• Pressure cook until 3 whistles.
• Once the pressure is released,  Open the lid of pressure cooker. 

• Mash the boiled daal with potato masher or big ladle.
• The daal is ready now. Let’s prepare tampering /popu/tadka now.
• In a small pan heat 1 table spoon of oil. Add one clove garlic, Dried Red chilli , mustard seeds and cumin and fry for about a minute until the mustard seeds splutter. Now add curry leaves and a pinch of Hing.

• Add the above mixture of oil to dal and mix well.
• Serve the bottle gourd tomato dal with rice or roti.