Bottle gourd, Moong Dal, and Beef | A Perfect curry.

Bottle gourd and meat curry are very popular in this area but adding moong dal aka Gram Beans are not. You can call this recipe an innovative one or I would say, it just came to my mind to make this combination.

And I was surprised by the excellent taste!

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This curry can be done with just the gourd and dal or with the beef and gourd; whatever you like. It tastes way different if you add any of the two. And as I have added both of them so it was a fabulous combination.

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What do we need?

• One bottle gourd. Probably, you can use other variations of gourd or squash too.
• I have added some leftover beef. You can cook the beef separately if you want to add this. We just need a small amount, around 250gm.
• Moong dal/Gram Beans 200gm.
• Salt, chili powder, turmeric powder
• Onion slices
• Cooking oil
• Coriander

As I have added leftover beef curry so it doesn't require any spices. But if you want to cook the beef freshly for this curry then you need to add all the beef masala/spices.

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Let's see the recipe.

I cut the gourd into big chunks like this.

Then bake the fall in low heat until golden brown.

It's time to prepare the gravy.

I added some onion slices to the oil and cooked it till soft. I didn't add any spices as I will add the beef curry. This will take only a few minutes.

While the gravy was being cooked in the pan, I was boiling the gourd and the moong dal in the pressure cooker with some salt and turmeric powder. Give three whistles in the cooker and the gourd will be soft.

When the gravy is ready then it's time to add the gourd.

The curry will look like this.

Cook it for a while until well combined and soft. Add some coriander before turning off the heat. And it's done.

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This is what it looks like. My kitchen was smelling wonderful!

This curry may look not that appealing. But it was one of the best to go with steamed rice. It was so good.

I hope you will try this recipe.

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Have a good day, everyone.