Lauki,cluster beans and green moong dhal gravy

Lauki, cluster beans green mong dhal gravy.

Ingredients

Broken green moong dhal 1 cup
Lauki(bottle gourd) 2 cups
Cluster beans a handful (home grown from my terrace garden)
Onion 1
Tomato 1
Green chili 2
Ginger 1 piece
Jeera 1 tsp
Ghee 1 tbsp
Jeera 1/2 tsp
Red chilli dry 2 broken
Garam masala 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves a few
Salt as required

Method of preparation

Wash and cook green moong dhal in a pan by adding turmeric and salt.

Grind onion,tomato,green chilli,ginger into a fine paste.

Chop lauki into cubes and cluster beans into small pieces.

Pour oil in another heated pan. Add onion tomato paste. Cook it till oil separate from it. Add lauki and cluster beans. Mix well. Coat the vegetables with the reduced gravy. Add a little turmeric and little salt. Allow it to cook in high flame for about 5 minutes. Add the vegetables into cooking green moong dhal. Mix well. Add a tsp of jeera powder. Adjust salt. Add one more cup of water and pressure cook for 1 whistle.

In a small pan add ghee, jeera and red chilli. Let it splutter. Add a little garam masala and red chilli powder. Pour on top of the prepared lauki gravy.  Enjoy this healthy delicious gravy with rice or roti.