Bengali Style Lau die tetor daal/karela aur lauki ki daal/Bitter gourd and bottle gourd lentil soup|| Healthy and tasty||Great with steamed rice (saada bhaat) on hot summer days

‘Tetor daal’ means teto means bitter and daal means lentil soup. It is a very popular dish of Bengali Cuisine.

It is a very healthy and light dish which includes both bitter gourd (karela or uchhe) and bottle gourd (lau/lauki) in your menu. It is generally made on summer. It gives a beautiful aroma of panchphoron with ginger.

You need a plate of steamed rice,with bowl of this daal accompanied by eggplant or potato fry that’s all,if you want you can squeeze few drops of lime…..but we’ll suggest you to enjoy the hint bitterness from the bitter gourd.

Let’s make Bengali Style lau due tetor daal/bitter gourd and bottle gourd lentil soup…..in my style 👇👇 👇

Type- Lentils,Curry

Preparation time- 10-15 minutes

Cooking time- 25-30 minutes

Ingredients:

3/4 th cup Arhaar daal/Spilt peas
2 cups of water for boiling the daal
2 cups of water for the soup
1 bitter gourd sliced (karela or you can use 2-3 uchhe)
150 gm bottle gourd diced (Lau/lauki)
Salt to taste
1/4 tsp sugar
1 tsp turmeric powder
2-3 whole red chillies
2-3 green chillies
1 tsp panchphoron (1/4 tsp of mustard seeds,1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds or methi dana,1/4 tsp fennel seeds,1/4 tsp onion seeds or kalaunji or kalo jeere,1/4 th tsp radhuni or ajmod or wild celery seeds)

Procedure:

First boil 3/4 th cup daal,with2 cups of water
Either you can boil in saucepan or you can pressure cook it with 2-3 whistles
Allow the steam to escape naturally
Now in a pan add 3 tbs mustard oil
Fry the sliced bitter gourd (karela) until brown and keep aside
Add the panchphoron and whole red chillies
Allow aroma to come and add the bottle gourd (Lau/lauki)
Fry and add 1 tsp turmeric powder and salt to taste
Fry for 3-5 minutes on a medium flame and then add the boiled lentils (daal)
Mix it and add 2 cups of water for the soup (add water as per you need the thickness)
Bring it to boil and add 2-3 green chillies
Cover and cook for 15 minutes on a medium flame
When the Lau/lauki is soft add the fried bitter gourd (karela or uchhe)
Again cook for 5-10 minutes on a medium flame and its done
Give a standing time of 5 minutes
And serve with steamed rice (saada bhaat)