Minced Dudhi Chana Daal

Ingredients:
1 cup chana daal
3 cup grated/minced dudhi
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 chopped tomatoes
1 stick of cinnamon
1 tbs red chilli powder
1 tbs turmeric powder
1 tbs garam masala powder
2 tbs oil
1 onion thinly slice
1/2 tbs cumin seeds
salt as per taste

Method:
1.Take daal, grated dudhi, onion, cinnamon stick, chopped tomatoes with 3-4 cups of water in a pressure cooker and cook in low flame till 1 whistle.
2.Open the cooker when it cools off, add garam masala, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt and mix it properly.
3.Heat oil in a frying pan, add cumin seeds and allow it to pop and fry sliced onion till nice golden brown and add boiled dudhi daal, mix it properly and cover the lid and let it cook for 2 minutes is medium flame and Minced Dudhi Chana Daal is ready to serve.

Dudhi Kofta Kadhi

Ingredients:
For the Koftas:
4 cup grated dudhi (1 lb)
2-3 tbs besan
1 tbs kasoori methi
2 tbs - chopped green chillies
1/2 tbs amchoor powder (optional)
oil to deep fry
salt to taste

For the Kadhi:
1 cup - yogurt
2 tbs- besan
2 chopped tomatoes
1 medium onion slice
2 inch ginger chopped
2-3 green chilli chopped
1 tbs cumin/coriander powder
1 tbs kasoori methi
1/2 tbs paprika powder
1 tbs - mustard seeds (rai)
2 dry red chilli(optional)
2 pinches - asafoetida (hing)
3 tbs oil
salt to taste
1/2 tbs garam masala powder
2 tbs chopped coriander (optional to garnish)

Method:
1. Mix salt to the grated dudhi and leave it for 1/2 hour and then sqeez out all the water and keep the water in a bowl.
2. Take sqeeze dudhi, besan, chopped grren chilli, amchoor powder, kasoori methi and mix it properly.
3. Take a spoon of this mixture and shape them into small oval shape koftas and deep fry them in medium heat till golden brown.

Kadhi:
1. Heat 2 tbs oil in a non-stick pan and add asafoetide, add chopped green chilli, ginger and sliced onion and fry for a minute.
2. Add chopped tomatoes, stir it cover the lid and cook on a low flame till tomatoes gets soft, let it get cool and then grind it with dudhi water to a smooth paste.
3. Whisk the curds along with the besan and 2 cups of water till it is smooth and lump-free and mix it with the tomato grind paste.

4. Add this mixture on the pan and continue stirring it in medium heat till it comes to boil, add another cup of water and let it coil for about 15 minutes.
5. Lower the flame and add the koftas, add crushed kasoori methi and garam masala. Garnish with coriander and dudhi kofta kadhi is ready to serve.

Note:This is not my recipe, once I went to my friend Rajani's house and she made it, it was so tasty that I had to ask for the recipe. I hope you will also like it.

Dudhi Garlic Shrimp

Ingredients:
1 Dudhi (about 1 lb)
1 cup shrimp(shelled and deveined)
½ tbs cumin seeds
3-4 cloves of garlic
1 tbs cumin and coriander powder
4-5 Black Pepper or Kali mirch
2-3 green chilli
½ tbs paprika
½ tbs turmeric
½ tbs corn flour
2 tbs oil
Salt as per taste
2-3 tbs lemon juice

Method:
1. Peel the skin and chop dudhi into 1 inch size and marinate with salt and turmeric and leave it for 5 min.
2.Grind, green chilli, garlic, black pepper, cumin/coriander powder with few spoon of water to a smooth paste.
3.Heat oil in a non-stick frying pan, add cumin and right away add marinated dudhi, stir it and let it cook for 4-5 minutes and add masala paste and stir it properly, cover the lid and let it cook till tender.
4.Add the shrimp, salt turmeric, paprika and ½ cup of water and cook for another 2-3 minutes
5.Add corn flour and mix it properly and your Dudhi garlic shrimp is ready to serve hot with rice.

Dudhi Masoor Daal Curry

Ingredients:
3 cup grated dudhi
1 cup whole masoor daal
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 tbs sambar masala
1 tbs turmeric powder
4 tomatoes chopped
1 tbs cumin seeds
4 tbs oil
salt as per taste

Method:
1.Heat oil, add cumin seeds and allow to finish popping, add sambar powder and 2 cups of water and let it boil.
2.Add turmeric powder, chopped onion, chopped tomatoes mix it properly and let it boil, add masoor daal, salt.
3.After it boils cover the lid and let it cook in low flame for about 10-15 minutes and switch it off when it's ready to get whistle.
4.Switch off the gas and open it when it gets cool and Dudhi Masoor Daal Curry is ready to serve hot with rice or roti. You can garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Dudhi Veg Keema

Ingredient:
2 cups grated dudhi
1 cup crushed soya chunk washed in hot water
1 small can green pea
1 small onion chopped
2 clove garlic
1 piece of ginger
1 red chilli
1 tbs curry powder
1 tbs tomato puree
1 tbs lemon juice
1 tbs garam masala
1 tbs turmeric
1/2 tbs red chilli powder
1/2 tbs cumin seeds
salt as per taste
4-5 tbs oil

Method:
1.Grind onion, garlic, ginger, red chilli, curry powder with few spoon of water.
2.Heat oil in a frying pan, add cumin seeds and then grind paste, turmeric, red chilli powder and fry it for couple minutes.
3.Add tomato paste mix it properly and than add grated dudhi, soya chunk and saute it well and cover the lid and let it cook for 5 minutes in low flame.
4.Add green pea, 1/2 cup of water, salt, lemon juice and garam masala and mix it properly and your spicy dudhi veg keema is ready to serve hot with your choice of rice or roti.

Dudhi Uttapam

Ingredients:
1 lb dudhi
1 inch ginger piece
3 green chilli chopped
5-6 tbs coriander leaves
2 ½ cup rawa
oil
Salt as per taste

Method:
1) Peel dudhi, remove seeds and chopped into 1 inch pieces and boil it with little water and let it cool down.
2)Grind dudhi, rawa, salt, ginger, green chilli, coriander leaves to a smooth paste. (You can add sugar instead of salt)
3) Heat a large non-stick flat frying pan on a high flame and pour ½ cup of the batter and spread into a think round like pancake.
4) Add a little oil on the top and sides, let it cook for few seconds and turn to the other side with spatula. Cook for few seconds and Dudhi Uttapam is ready to serve hot.

Ajwain Dudhi(Bottle guard)

Ingredients:
1 lb dudhi
½ tbs ajwain seeds
3 cloves of garlic
3 green chilli chopped
4 tbs olive oil
½ tbs turmeric powder
3 tbs besan
Salt as per taste

Method:
1) Crush ajwain, chopped green chilli, chopped garlic together and mix it with 2 tbs of oil and microwave it for about 25 sec.
2)Peel dudhi, remove seeds and chopped into 1 inch pieces and marinate with above mixture and salt and keep it for about 15-20 minutes.
3)Heat 2 tbs oil in a non-stick frying pan and fry the marinated dudhi add turmeric powder stir it properly and fry it for about 2 minutes and cover the lid and cook it medium to low flame till it gets cook properly. Keep stirring in between so that it does not stick to the frying pan.
4)Now dust with besan and cook for couple of minutes so that it gets coated nicely on dudhi. Delicious Ajwain Dudhi is ready to serve with roti.

I made this dish for http://seasonedndressed.blogspot.com/2010/12/event-cooking-with-seeds-ajwain-bishops_10.html and

http://priyaeasyntastyrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/01/cooking-with-seedsannouncing-new-event.html

Dudhi (Bottle guard) Halwa

Ingredients:
2 cup grated dudhi (without seeds)
1/2 cup khoya
1 cup sugar
2 tbsp ghee
4 green Cardamom powder
Cashew (garnish)

Method:
1. Heat the ghee in a frying pan and fry grated dudhi on medium flame, cover the lid and cook 5 minutes.
2. Now add sugar and stir it and add khoya (I prefer homemade khoya) and mix it, lower the heat and stir till almost it gets dry.
3. Add crushed cardamom and garnish with cashews and serve hot or at room temperature.

Dudhi and Tomato Curry

Ingredients:

1 med dudhi, peeled and chopped
4 tomatoes cut into thin slices
4 green chilli sliced
2 tbs mustard seeds
2 cloves garlic
½ inch ginger
Salt as per taste
4 tbs oil


Method:
1) Heat 1 tbs oil in a frying pan, and fry chopped dudhi for about 5 minutes.
2) Grind mustard seeds, ginger and garlic to a smooth paste with few spoons of water and keep it aside.
3) Heat remaining oil in a frying pan, add ¼ tbs mustard seeds allow it to finish popping and then add sliced green chilli and put the tomatoes, sprinkle some salt and fry it for about 10 minutes.
4)Add 3 cups of water, salt and let it boil, and add fried dudhis and stir it and let it boil for another 5 minutes.
5)Add mustard seeds and cover the lid and let it boil for couple of minutes and your Dudhi tomato is ready to serve with rice or roti.

Dudhi Curry with Chickpea

Ingredients:
1 med dudhi, peeled and chopped
¼ cup chick pea soaked overnight
1 medium potato peeled and chopped
1 medium onion chopped thinely
¼ tbs cumin seeds
3 tbs oil
Salt as per taste

To make paste
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1 tbs paprika
A pinch of crushed black pepper
A pinch of black cumin seeds
A pinch of nutmeg powder
1 ½ tbs curry powder
2 tbs besan
1 tbs red chilli powder
2 tbs yogurt
½ tbs lemon juice
1 tbs oil
2 tbs water

Method:
1) Take chick pea, dudhi, potato in a cooker and sprinkling some salt over it and boil it for 1 whistle and let it cool down.
2)Heat 3 tbs oil in a frying pan, and cumin seeds and then chopped onion and fry it till it get nice brown color but not burnt and cover the lid and sim the gas or switch off the gas for about 5 minutes.
3) Switch on the gas again and add the paste and stir it for a minute and add 1 cup of water, stir again, cover the lid and let it boil for about 5 minutes.
4)Now add the boiled dudhi and stir it and let it boil, add another cup of water, stir and cover the lid let it cook on medium flame for another 5 minutes.
5)Now low the gas and simmer it for another 5 minutes and your delicious Dudhi Curry with Chickpea is ready to serve with rice or roti.

Dudhi Kofta

Ingredients

For Koftas :
(1 lb) Dudhi Shredded
1 fist chana daal soaked for 3 hours (optional)
¼ cup Besan
1 tbs red chili powder
1 tbs ginger/garlic paste
Salt as per taste
Oil to deep fry Kofta

For Gravy :
1 tbs ginger/garlic paste
1 tbs green chilli paste
1 medium onion chopped finely
2-3 tbs tomato paste
2 tbs cumin/coriander powder
¼ tbs turmeric powder
Salt as per taste
2 tbs Oil

Method:
1)Boil shredded dudhi and chana daal till soft with couple of spoon of water. Than mash it properly. Add besan, salt, ginger/garlic paste and red chilli powder and mix it properly it will be like a dough, make small size balls.
2) Heat oil in a deep frying pan and fry all the koftas till nice brown color and keep it aside.
3) Heat 3 tbs oil in a separate pan and add chopped onion and fry till it gets nice brown color and then add ginger, garlic and green chilli paste and fry for 3-4 minute in medium to low flame, keep stirring so that it will not stick to the bottom of the pan.
4) Add cumin, coriander powder, turmeric powder and tomato paste mix it properly and then add ½ cup of water and let it boil for about 3-4 minutes.
5) Now add 2 cups of water and add salt and let it boil, and add koftas and let it simmer for about 2-3 minutes and switch it from the gas and Dudhi Kofta is ready to serve with rice or roti.

Dudhi Chana Daal

Ingredient:
½ cup dry chana daal
1 small dudhi/lauki (2 cups, peeled and chopped)
4 tomatoes chopped
1 cinnamon stick
3-4 cloves
¼ tbs shah jeera
1 medium chopped onion
1 tbs red chilli powder
1 tbs curry powder
¼ tbs turmeric powder
Salt as needed
2 tbs oil

Method:
1) Heat oil in a pressure cooker and add shah jeera, cinnamon stick, cloves and chopped onion and let the onion get translucent.
2)Add ½ cup of water and let it boil, add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, curry powder and let it boil and add about 4 cups of water and let it boil.
3) Add chopped dudhi, chana daal, chopped tomatoes and salt then close the lid and cook for 2 whistle.
4)Wait for the cooker to get cool and dudhi chana daal is ready to serve with Rice.

Whole Moong Dudhi

Ingredient:
1 cup whole moong with skin
1 small dudhi/lauki (1 ½ cup chopped)
4 tomatoes chopped
1 tbs ginger/garlic paste
1 tbs red chilli powder
1 tbs cumin seeds
1 medium onion chopped
¼ tbs turmeric powder
Salt as needed
2 tbs oil
Serves 10 people

Method:
1) Cook moong with 2 cups of water in a pressure cooker for 1 whistle and keep it aside till it gets cool.
2)Peel and chopped dudhi into small pieces.
3)Open the cooker, add the dudhi pieces, chopped tomatoes, salt, ginger/garlic paste, red chilli powder and cover the lid and cook for 1 whistle.
4)Wait for the cooker to get cool and then heat 2 tbs oil a frying pan and add cumin seeds and then add chopped onion and sprinkle some salt and fry it for a minute. You don’t need to make the onion brown, as soon as you see them getting transparent color add the cooked dudhi moong and mix it properly.
5)Whole Moong Dudhi is done, you can add little more water if you want little water consistency. It’s ready to serve with your choice of rice or roti.