Dhansak with Brown rice

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[edit] Description

From today's "Thursday" magazine; this is the winning recipe of the week. It is a spicy hot yet almost sweet and sour curry, which comprises wither mutton or Chicken combined with Lentils. It is originally a Persian dish. My dad loves this dish alot:)

[edit] Ingredients

For Dhansak

• 1 cup tuvar dal
• 1 tablespoon masoor dal
• 1 tablespoon yellow moong dal
• 1 tablespoon val dal
• 500 g mutton
• 120 g red pumpkin
• 1 large Potato
• 1 large Onion
• 1 medium brinjal
• 2 bunches fenugreek leaves
• 3-5 mint leaves
• 3-4 coriander leaves
• 2 green chilies
• 1 piece ginger
• 6-8 cloves garlic
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 1 teaspoon coriander or cumin powder
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
• salt

For seasoning

• 1 Onion
• 2 tomatoes, peeled
• 6 cloves garlic, ground
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 3 red chilies
• 4 cloves, powdered
• 6 peppercorns
• 4 cardamoms
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon sambhar powder
• 1 teaspoon coriander or cumin powder
• 2 teaspoons dhansak masala
• 1 tablespoon ghee

For rice

• 2 tablespoons ghee
• 1 1/2 cups basmati rice, washed and soaked in water
• 1 Onion, sliced and fried in ghee till light brown
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 3 cups water
• 2 teaspoons Sugar
• 3 cloves, coarsely crushed
• 3 cinnamon sticks, coarsely crushed
• 4 black peppercorns, coarsely crushed
• 3 cardamoms, coarsely crushed
• salt

[edit] Directions

• Clean and soak the dals (Lentils) in water for 30 minutes.
• Grind the ginger and garlic and apply the paste to the washed pieces of mutton.
• Quarter the Potato, brinjal and red pumpkin.
• Chop finely the Onion, mint leaves, corriander leaves, fenugreek leaves and green chillies.
• Heat a tbsp.
• of oil.
• Fry the Onion till light brown.
• Add the mutton.
• Stir.
• Add all the above ingredients.
• Add the dals and a little water.
• Let it cook till the dal and meat are tender.
• Remove the meat pieces.
• Mash the dal.
• Keep aside.
• Now prepare the seasoning.
• For this, chop the Onion and tomatoes finely.
• Fry onions till golden brown.
• Add the ground masala.
• Fry well.
• Add all the powdered spices, tomatoes and lastly add the mashed dal, meat pieces and a little water.
• Simmer on slow flame till the masalas are well mixed.
• Before serving, add the juice of a lemon and a tsp.
• of jaggery.
• Serve the dal (slightly thick) with the brown rice.
• Now prepare the rice.
• For this, wash and soak it in water.
• Slice the Onion.
• Fry it in ghee till light brown.
• Add cumin and Sugar.
• Fry well till the Sugar and onions are fried well.
• Add the coarsely crushed spices alongwith rice.
• Fry a little.
• Add salt and water.
• Cook, partially covered, till the water has evaporated and rice is cooked.

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