Bottle Gourd Dal

Today I am blogging bottle gourd dal. It's a different dal made with bottle gourd and it will be very good with rice and the simple side dish for the dal will be papad. This is one of my husband's favorite dishes. I am sharing with you.
Ingredients:
1 Medium size bottle gourd
1 cup Toor dal
1 Medium size Onion
1 Medium size Tomato
4 Green chilies
1 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Coriander powder
1/2 tsp Chilli powder
1 tsp Cumin seeds
Oil
Salt for taste
Instructions
1. Add the medium size pieces of bottle gourd, green chilies, turmeric powder to the pressure cooked thoor dal and cook for 15 mts.

• Then add the coriander powder and; chili powder and again cook for 10 mts.
• Now, in a Kadai pre-heat the oil & splutter the cumin seeds. Add the chopped onion fry till golden brown.
• Add the chopped tomato cook for 5-6 mts. Add the cooked the bottle gourd & cook the final bottle gourd for 5-6 mts till oil separates from the gravy.
• Serve hot with Rice, Roti.