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Dhansak Rice Recipe, Veg Dhansak


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Serve this traditional Parsi dish with fried "papad" sweet mango chutney, curds and chopped onions and tomatoes.

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Preparation Time:    Cooking Time:    Total Time:     8Makes 8 servings

Ingredients

For The Dhan-saak
3/4 cup toovar (arhar) dal
1 tbsp green moong dal (split green gram)
1 tbsp masoor dal (split red lentil)
1 tbsp vaal dal (split field beans/ split butter beans)
1 tbsp urad dal (split black lentils)
1 potato
1 small brinjal (baingan / eggplant)
2 tomatoes
1 small sized bunch of fenugreek (methi) leaves
3 spring onions with greens
51 to 75 mm (2" x 3") slice of red pumpkin (bhopla / kaddu)
1 slice of bottle gourd (doodhi / lauki)
6 tsp tamarind (imli) water
4 tbsp ghee
1 onion , chopped
salt to taste

To Be Ground Into A Paste (for Dhan-saak)
4 green chillies
8 red chillies
10 garlic (lehsun) cloves
25 of ginger (adrak)
3 sticks cinnamon (dalchini)
3 cloves (laung / lavang)
3 black peppercorns (kalimirch)
3 cardamoms (elaichi)
4 tsp coriander (dhania) seeds
2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1 tbsp chopped fresh corriander (dhania)

To Be Made Into Powdered Masala (for Dhan-saak)
3 cardamoms (elaichi)
2 cloves (laung / lavang)
3 sticks cinnamon (dalchini)

For The Rice
3 cups steamed rice (chawal)
2 onions
2 sticks cinnamon (dalchini)
2 cloves (laung / lavang)
3 garlic (lehsun) cloves , crushed (optional)
3 tsp sugar
2 tbsp ghee
1/2 tsp salt
Method

For dhan-saak
    For dhan-saak
  1. Mix the dals and wash them.
  2. Cut the vegetables into big pieces.
  3. Mix the dals and vegetables, add 7 teacups of water and cook in a pressure cooker.
  4. Sieve this mixture. If it is very thick, add a little water.
  5. Heat the ghee in a vessel and fry the chopped onions for a little time. Add the paste and fry again for 3 minutes.
  6. Add the dal mixture and salt and boil for 30 minutes.
  7. Add the tamarind water and sprinkle the powdered masala and cook for a few minutes.
  8. Serve hot with dhan-saak rice.

For the rice
    For the rice
  1. Chop the onions.
  2. Heat the ghee in a vessel and fry the onions for a little time. Add the cinnamon, cloves, crushed garlic and fry again.
  3. Add the rice, salt and enough water to cook the rice.
  4. Cook the sugar mixed with 1 teaspon of water on a slow flame. When it becomes brown, add to the rice while it is cooking.
  5. Serve this rice with dhan-saak.


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Dhansak Rice Recipe, Veg Dhansak
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 on 31 Jul 21 06:17 PM


Absolutely the best dhansakh we have ever had!
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Tarla Dalal    Thanks so much for trying our recipe, it means a lot to us. Keep trying more recipes and sharing your feedback with us.
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02 Aug 21 03:41 PM
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Reemanshuk
 on 15 Dec 13 12:51 PM


Dear tarlaji Its an awesome recipe t deal turned out fabulous I made it in my Sunday brunch n everyone admired it .. Its lipsmacking ..
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