Sorakaya Senagappapu /Bottle gourd Channa Dal Fry

Wanted to have some simple food today so thought of preparing Sorakaya/lauki/bottle gourd and found an interesting recipe from edivyaraj. blogspot bottle-gourd-skin-fry-sorakaya-pottu through google. I sometimes use the lauki skin to make pickle but this is very interesting.I used her idea of using up the lauki skin and prepared a new combination.It came out real tasty.

Ingredients:
Lauki/Sorakaya - 1
Onion - 1/2 small
Spring Onion - 3 tsp
Channa dal - 6-7 tsp(washed and soaked)
Methi leaves - 1/2 cup
Cilantro - 4tsp(finely chopped)
Garlic - 3 cloves
Jeera/Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp
Curry Leaves - 2
Salt - to taste
Red Chili Powder - 1/4 tsp(Optional)
Coriander Powder - 1/4 tsp
Green Chillies - 2
Method:
1.Wash and peel the lauki/sorakaya and keep the skin aside.Now dice the sorakaya and keep the pulp and seeds aside.Chop the lauki skin and pulp into small pieces.
2.Soak channa dal for 1 hour,meanwhile chop the onions,spring onions,cilantro,garlic,curry leaves,methi and keep them aside.
3.Heat oil in a pan and add jeera seeds,once they start spluttering add green chillies,onion,curry leaves and saute it for few min until its 50% done.Add turmeric ,mix it .
4.Add methi leaves,spring onion,half chopped garlic and cook for 2 min on medium flame.Add chopped sorakaya skin and pulp and cook it for 2-3 min.Add channa dal and cook it covered for 5 min , add water as required to cook the channa dal.Add rest of the garlic and coriander powder ,mix and cook for 5 min.Add the cilantro and switch off the heat .

Serve with roti/rice.I served it with pachipulusu/raw tamarind pulp with tadka.

Sharing this recipe with the event hosted by Aipi & Priya.bookmarked-recipes-every-tuesday
Recipe source  bottle-gourd-skin-fry-sorakaya-pottu