Lau Mung Sukto

I crossed this yummy and easy breezy curry with bottlegourd and moongdal at Sunanda's space, this dish immediately attracted my attention coz its quite easy and completely new curry for me, with less ingredients i never thought of making this delicious lau mung sukto ever before...As i love to cook different dishes everyday and i never stopped making varieties of dishes from other cuisines, this sukto was truly prefect for me to try..This sukto gets ready in less time and tastes super prefect when served with rice..I cooked this sukto in pressure cooker which helps a lot for quick cooking, serve this sukto with rice and pickles you will definitely enjoy this mild dal curry...Thanks to Sunanda for sharing this easy bottlegourd moongdal curry,am sending this lau mung sukto to Flavors of Bengal guest hosted by Priya,event by Nayna..



2cups Bottlegourd (cubed)
1cup Moongdal
1tbsp Ginger (grated)
1tsp Turmeric powder
3nos Green chillies
1tsp Mustard seeds
2nos Bay leaves
2nos Dry red chillies
Salt
1/2tsp Sugar
Few coriander leaves

Cook the moongdal in pressure cooker upto 2 hisses with salt until they turns soft,once the steam get released, add the cubed bottlegourd,turmeric powder and cook with lid closed until the bottlegourd pieces get well cooked..

In a small pan, fry the bayleaves, dry red chillies and mustard, add this tempered spices to the cooking dal, now add the green chillies,grated ginger and sugar and cook everything for few minutes..Add the coriander leaves and put off the stove..

Serve hot with rice and pickles or papads..