Dhal-Squash-Coconut Milk Curry

Ingredients:

1. Oil - 3 tbsp
2. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
3. Bay leaf - 1
4. Red Onion chopped - 1
5. Curry leaves - 1 sprig
6. Ginger-Garlic Paste - 1/4 tsp
7. Salt - to taste
8. Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
9. Coriander-Cumin powder - 1 tbsp
10. Red Chilly powder - 2 tsp
11. Garam Masala powder - 4 tsp
12. Bisibela bath powder - 3 tsp
13. Tomato chopped - 2
14. Yellow squash chopped - 2
15. Green gram dhal cooked - 1/4 cup
16. Coconut milk - 1 cup
17. Ajinomoto - 1 pinch
18. Cilantro - to garnish

Method:

1. Wash and soak green gram dhal in plenty of water overnight and cook it and keep aside.
2. In a thick wide pan heat oil, add mustard seeds - wait until it crackles.
3. Then add bay leaf, chopped red onion - fry this.
4. Reduce heat - add ginger-garlic paste, salt, turmeric powder, coriander-cumin powder, red chilly powder, garam masala powder and bisibela bath powder and fry it on low flame until the oil oozes out.
5. Now add chopped tomato - cook it.
6. Add chopped yellow squash - cook it with lid closed.
7. If needed at this point add some water.
8. Now add cooked green gram dhal, coconut milk, Ajinomoto.
9. At this point add salt and water if needed.
10. Cook it once again on medium flame until it boils and bubbles up.
11. Switch off heat and garnish with cilantro.

Yellow Squash-Spinach Dhal

Ingredients:

1. Oil- 3 tbsp
2. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
3. Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
4. Whole dried red chillies - 2
5. Chopped Garlic - 3 cloves
6. Fried onions - 1/4 cup
7. Chopped Yellow Squash - 2
8. Chopped Spinach - 1 bunch
9. Salt - to taste
10. Turmeric powder - a pinch
11. Red chilly powder - 2 tsp
12. Tamarind powder - 2 tsp
13. Toor dhal, Moong dhal, Masoor dhal - 4 tbsp each

Method:

1. Pressure cook all the three dhals together with enough water.
2. In a pan, heat oil, splutter mustard and cumin seeds, add whole dried red chillies - break it into pieces, garlic and fry.
3. Now add the fried onions, yellow squash, spinach, salt, turmeric powder, red chilly powder, a cup of water and cook until the yellow squash and spinach is done.
4. Now add the pressure cooked dhals and boil it once again.

Ginger-Sesame-Squash Curry

Ingredients

Oil - 3 tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp

Red chillies - 2

Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Ginger chopped - 2 tbsp

Onion chopped - 1 cup

Yellow squash chopped - 2 cups

Salt - to taste

Turmeric powder - a pinch

Tomato chopped - 2

Cilantro chopped - 3 tbsp

Fry without oil, cool it, powder it:

Coriander seeds - 3/4 tsp

Channa dhal - 1/2 tsp

Black pepper 1/4 tsp

Red chilly - 1

Sesame seeds - 1/4 tsp

Coconut - 3 tbsp

Method

1. Heat a pan.
2. Add oil.
3. Splutter mustard seeds, cumin seeds.
4. Then fry ginger.
5. Add curry leaves and onion, fry it.
6. Add chopped yellow squash, salt and turmeric powder, mix well, fry it.
7. Add chopped tomatoes - cook it.
8. Add powder, stir it.
9. You are done!!!