Zucchini Dal

Zucchini or courgette is one vegetable that is available all year around. This healthy squash vegetable has high nutritional value as it’s packed full of essential vitamins and nutrients and helps maintaining a strong immune system. Zucchini can be incorporated into our Indian food in different ways and this masoor dal with zucchini is one such simple and quick recipe.  

Zucchini is quite a bland vegetable and the tempering of panch phoron (five spice mix) and kasuri methi, adds a good flavor to the dal and zucchini. Panch phoron is flavorful spice blend of cumin, fennel, mustard, nigella and fenegreek seeds in equal proportions. This dal can be prepared with toor dal or moong dal too. Zucchini dal can be served with plain rice, jeera rice or chapathi/roti and any sabji / stir-fry.

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Zucchini Dal

Lentils with zucchini tempered with panch phoron / five spice mix
Servings 2
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup masoor dal
  • 1 small tomato chopped
  • 2 tsp oil
  • 1 tsp ghee
  • 1 tsp panch phoron
  • 1 small onion chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
  • ½- inch ginger finely chopped
  • 1-2 green chillies finely chopped
  • 1 medium zucchini cut into cubes
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • ½ tsp coriander powder
  • ¼ tsp red chilly powder
  • 1 tsp kasuri methi / dried fenugreek leaves
  • ¼ tsp sugar
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped

Instructions

  • Wash the dal well and pressure cook with tomato, ½ cup water for 3 whistles. Open and mash the dal well.
  • Heat oil and ghee in a kadai. Add the panch phoron and allow it to crackle. Add the onion and fry till they become soft.
  • Add garlic, ginger, green chillies and fry for a minute. Then add zucchini, turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chilly powder, kasuri methi, sugar and mix well.
  • Fry in medium flame until the zucchini has become soft. Now add dal, 1 cup water, salt and mix well. Cook for another 3-4 minutes. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Notes

  • You can use toor dal or yellow moong dal instead of masoor dal.
  • Take care not to overcook zucchini. It should retain its shape.
  • Add water and adjust the consistency of dal according to your preference.
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian

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  1. I have made zhucchini kootu..This dal looks very interesting ..Tasty share sona

  2. I love your pictures, simple yet breath taking! The dal looks tempting!

  3. love the super yellow color of dal!! nice clicks!!

  4. wow..that's interesting dal,yummmy!

  5. Looks inviting !

  6. this is so tempting and inviting:) Gonna try this soon, i am loving it 🙂

  7. Healthy easy dal…I also tried long time back

  8. Hearty and healthy zucchini dal. Looks delicious and nice cliks too.

  9. I love the entire platter.. zucchini and dal makes up a delicious and healthy combination.

  10. It looks tempting.

  11. Dal looks very inviting, simple and delicious..

  12. This combo is really delicious .I have tried it too.

  13. lovely and neat clicks

  14. the dal looks so yumm..love that you added zucchini…

  15. The zucchini dal sounds healthy, delicious and very inviting. Lovely pics too..

  16. Beautiful clicks dear:-) adding zichinni to dal s awesome I should try sometime
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  17. Lovely yellow color of the dal, looks delicious, warm and inviting.

  18. Dal is my all time favourite 🙂

  19. Adding zucchini is very innovative and a great idea , I am sure it gives the dhal extra texture too.

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