Recipe: at dinner Dal karela

Recipe: at dinner Dal karela Delicious, fresh and tasty.
Dal karela. Daal karela -Bitter gourd cooked with bengal gram and spices. Daal Karela is a healthy delicious easy recipe. Sliced bitter gourd is cooked with soaked and cooked chana daal.
This is a typical Pakistani dish.
I always liked dal, but not karela (bitter gourd) until now or should I say till I tried this dish from this quaint little restaurant in Dubai.
When I had it the first time, I was blown away as you really cannot taste the bitterness from the karela.
You can have Dal karela using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Dal karela
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Prepare 100 gms of Bengal gram / chana dal -.
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It’s 2 of Bitter gourd / karela -.
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You need 1/2 tsp of Turmeric powder -.
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You need 2 of Chopped tomato -.
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It’s 1 of Chopped green chili -.
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It’s to taste of Salt -.
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You need 4 tbsp of Oil -.
Chana Dal Karela is yummy and healthy main course dish.
Chana Dal Karela is a delicious and healthy dish.
The bitter gourd is stuffed with its peels, bengal gram and some spices.
It is an easy and simple dish.
Dal karela instructions
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Soak chana dal / bengal gram for half an hour..
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Add turmeric powder and 1 cup of water and pressure cook for 10 mins.
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Chop bitter gourd / karela in a round shape and soak in the salted water for half an hour..
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Strain and deep fry the bitter gourd / karela..
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Heat oil in a pan..
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Add tomato,salt,green chili and turmeric powder and cook till tender..
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Add boiled chana dal / bengal gram and some water and mix well..
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Cook for the mins in a medium flame..
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Serve hot with chapati..
You can serve this mouthwatering sabzi with chapati or paratha.
Bitter Gourd is a healthy and nutritious vegetable.
Dal Karela- Stir fried bitter gourd with chana dal / lentil So I guess all are back to normal life after Eid holidays.
Now let's talk about some normal food.
By normal food I meant dishes which can be served for lunch and dinner along with Roti / chapathi and rice everyday.