Kaddu ka Dalcha - Lauki Ka Dalcha Recipe
Hyderabadi kaddu ka dalcha recipe is made out of kaddu and lentils.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Bottle gourd cut into big triangles
- 1 cup Tomatoes Finely chopped
- 1 Sliced Onion
- 4 Slit Green chillies
- 1/4 cup Yellow lentils
- 1/4 cup Split chickpeas
- 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric
- 2 tsp Red chilli powder
- 3 tbsp Tamarind pulp Or 1/4 cup of thick tamarind juice
- Few Sprigs Curry leaves
- 2 tbsp Coarsely chopped coriander
Spices to be added
- 4 Cloves
- 2 Elaichi
- 1 inch Cinnamon stick
- 3 Green cardamom
- 3 Bay leaves
Instructions
- Wash the yellow lentils and split chickpeas together in a bowl. Soak for half an hour.
- Pressure-cook till soft.
- Mash and keep aside.
- In a thick bottomed pan, heat oil.
- Add all the spices listed above.
- Fry till aromatic.
- Add the onions. Cook till soft.
- Add salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, curry leaves and mix well.
- Add ginger-garlic paste and cook till the raw flavor is gone.
- Now, add tomatoes and cook till the oil separates.
- Now add the bottle gourd pieces and cook for 5 min.
- Add the tamarind juice and bring to a boil.
- Add the mashed yellow lentils and mix well.
- Adjust the seasoning by adding salt.
- Also, add the coriander leaves and bring to a boil. Adjust the consistency by adding more water.
- Add the slit green chillies and boil.
- Turn off the flame.
Notes
* Generally, mutton pieces are added to dalcha. I haven’t added mutton here. If you want to add mutton, you need 200gms of mutton for this recipe.
** Add mutton after the tomatoes are cooked. Cook mutton till soft before adding lentils and tamarind juice.
*** Adjust the tamarind and the chilli powder according to your taste.
**** Bottle gourd can be replaced with brinjal to make the baingan ka dalcha.