TETOR DAL RECIPE (MUG DAL WITH GOURD AND BITTER GOURD)

 

Tetor Dal *

Ingredients :

Mug dal - 250 gm

Gourd (lau) -  200 gm

Bitter gourd (Karola)  - 50 gm

Ginger paste -  2 tablespoons 

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 teaspoon

Mustard Oil  -  As needed 

Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon 

Dry red Chili - 1 (optional) 

Bay leaf -  1 

Salt  -  According to your taste 

Sugar -  According to your taste 

Gourd *

Bitter Gourd* 

How to make Tetor Dal Recipe (Mug Dal Recipe with Gourd and Bitter Gourd

After peeling the skin of the gourd, cut the gourd into big pieces. 

Slice the bitter gourd in a round shape. 

Wash the dal with enough water. Soak the mug dal for 15 minutes. Do not fry the mug dal. 

Start boiling the dal in a pan. When the dal is cooked, add the gourd pieces in the mug dal. Add the turmeric powder and salt. Let them boil. 

When the gourd pieces become tender, keep away the dal from the gas oven. 

In a pan, heat mustard oil.  In this oil, fry the bitter gourd slices and set aside. 

Again heat 2 tablespoons mustard oil in a pan or kadai. Add 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds and a dry red chilli in the oil. After the mustard seeds start crackling and the red chili turns black, add the bay leaf and the ginger paste.  

Stir for a while. Add the cooked dal. Add the fried bitter gourd slices. Add more water, if needed. 

Let the dal cook for some minutes. Add some sugar according to your taste.  

After sometimes, remove the dal from the oven. 

Now Tetor Dal Recipe or Mug Dal Recipe with the gourd and bitter gourd) is ready to eat. 

This is a typical Bengali dal recipe. This is very nutritious healthy and cool simple dish. 

We eat this dal with rice. 

*Pictures Source : Taken by myself from my own recipe