Zucchini/Courgette Chana dal Curry (Zucchini Senagapappu Kura):

The Italian squash meets Indian lentils in this nutritional recipe. Zucchini is one of my favorite vegetable. A trip to 'sprouts' farmers market every week, this would be a must to pick. Easy to chop, no peeling un like Dosakaya(Cucumber)  or Beerakaya (Ridge gourd), good shelf life, similar to Indian squash in flavors, it's every way perfect. You can quickly whip up a curry well under 20 minutes which goes well with Rice and Roti. Want to take little more effort, try this Zucchini Chana dal curry which goes well with Rice and Roti. If you like zucchini try these Zucchini recipes on blog, comforting Zucchini Dal or super healthy Zucchini Tofu curry  incorporating vegan soy protein or Zucchini tomato curry. If not all above, I would even eat simple Pan roasted Zucchini, sprinkled with lil salt n Pepper. Yes, it's that tasty. 

The recipe is created in Veggibites kitchen. I wanna try something different with Zucchini that goes with both Rice n Roti. I make various combinations of veggies and lentils. Few on my blog are spinach with yellow lentils(Toor dal), Chili and Moong dal, cabbage with Chana dal curries. Similarly I paired Zucchini with Chanadal. And Voila! It was yummilicious. Since then it became a regular at my home. 

The recipe is pretty quick. I like to do things parallel which saves lot of time. While Chana dal getting  soaked, I do rest of the prep like chopping zucchini and onions.I served it with Rice as well as with Chapathi and it's perfect with both.

Servings:

Four (4)

Total Time:

30 minutes

Ingredients: 

• 2 tbsp oil
• 4 Zucchini medium size or 3 big
• 1/4 cup Chanadal
• 1/2 onion
• Salt
• Turmeric
• 1 tbsp chilli powder or Green chilli paste (adjust)
• 1/4 cup frozen or freshly grated coconut

For Seasoning :

• Mustard seeds
• cumin seeds
• curry leaves

Zucchini Chana dal curry Stepwise recipe

1. Soak Chana dal in warm water for 20 minutes .
2. Chop Zucchini into small cubes.
3. Chop onion into small pieces.
4. Add 2 tbsp oil to a pan. Add Mustard Seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves. Let em splutter.
5. Add Chanadal. Cook for 3-4 minutes on medium flame. 
6. Add onions. Cook till they turn slightly brown. This is optional. I did not add onion at all. 
7. Add Zucchini. Cook covered till Zucchini turns soft.
8. Add salt and Chili powder. Stir. Cook for a minute.
9. Add coconut.Stir. 
10. Add chopped coriander leaves optionally. 
11. Serve with Rice or Roti.