Ridge gourd chanadal curry

Ingredients

ridge gourd                2 medium size
chanadal                    1/2 cup
oil                              1 spoon
cloves                        3
elachi                         1
onion                         1
green chillies             2
ginger garlic paste     1/4 spoon
turmeric                      pinch
salt                              to taste
red chillie powder      1/2 spoon

Method

soak chana dal in water for 15 minutes.
peel ridge gourd , wash and cut into small pieces.
taste every ridge gourd because some ridge gourd has bitter nature. so  donot forget to taste every ridge gourd before preparing curry .
cut onions and green chillies into small pieces.
1.heat oil in a pan.
2.after heating the oil add cloves and elachi .
3.then add onions and green chillie pieces.
4.fry until onion pieces became to light brown colour.
5.add ginger garlic paste. and fry for 30 seconds.
6.add ridge gourd pieces ,salt and turmeric.
7.stir well.cook for some time.
8.when water coming from ridge gourd pieces add chana dal and red chillie powder.
9.mostly chana dal is cooked in the ridge gourd water.
10.if chana dal is not became soft even the water in the curry evaporated.then add some water to cook chana dal.
11.when chana dal  and ridge gourd cooked completly the oil in the curry coming out  then put off the flame.