Dhanshak

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This recipe being a parsi recipe dhana jeera powder, sambhar powder, cumin-garlic-red chili paste will be available at gangar stores at dadar of grant road in mumbai-maharashtra-india.

the garlic-jeera-red chili paste can be made at home and can be stored in the refrigerator for 15 to 20 day provided it is used regularly.

for the garlic-jeera-red chili paste, grind 1 clove garlic, 2tbsps jeera and 30 red chilies (kashmiri) with 2-3 tbsps vinegar

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Celebration Dals

Preparation Time: 1 Hour Plus soaking Time Cooking Time: 1 1/2 hour Total Time: 1502 hours 30 minutes 2

Ingredients

2 cups toovar (arhar) dal
a handful of chana dal (split Bengal gram)
a handful of yellow moong dal (split yellow gram)
1/2 kg mutton or chicken pieces
1 small bunch of small fenugreek (methi) leaves
1 small piece of red pumpkin (bhopla / kaddu)
1 small piece of brinjal (baingan / eggplant)
a handful of coriander (dhania) leaves
a handful of mint leaves (phudina)
1 green chilli
1 medium sized onion
3 to 4 large tomatoes (to be pureed)
1/2 tsp Chilli Garlic Chutney
1/2 tsp ginger-garlic (adrak-lehsun) paste
chilli powder to taste
1/4 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp coriander-cumin seeds (dhania-jeera) powder
1/2 tsp sambaar powder
1/8 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
salt to taste
3 tbsp oil

For the Tempering:
1 tbsp coriander (dhania) seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
3 to 4 cloves (laung / lavang)
1 to 2 cardamoms (elaichi)
1 small piece of nutmeg (jaiphal)
4 to 5 black peppercorns (kalimirch)
1 small stick of cinnamon (dalchini)
8 to 10 curry leaves (kadi patta)

Method

Mix all the dals, wash and soak overnight or for 2 hours in hot water.
Chop finely all the vegetables and add to the soaked dal (except the tomatoes).
Add mutton/chicken to the dals. add ginger-garlic paste, red chili powder, turmeric powder, dhana jeera powder, curry powder, salt to taste.
Add water if required after three whistles of the cooker
Dry grind the tempering ingredients.
In another vessel heat oil.
To the oil add the ground tempering ingredients, jeera-garlic-red chili paste, sambhar powder, dhana jeera powder, curry leaves and the tomatoe puree.
Roast for 2-3 minutes seing that the ingrediemts do not burn but at the same time the oil should start leaving the masala.
Add the cooked dal along with the mutton/chicken pioeces and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
Serve hot with brown rice and kachuber

This recipe was contributed by Bimo on 18 Feb 2002

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