Mutton Vegetable Dalcha

 

This is a lentil based gravy with mutton and vegetables. It is a super hit with biriyani. Try it and am sure it will get you addicted. The aroma of the gravy just fills your house. Recipe reference jopreetskitchen.com

Ingredients:

• Mutton(with bone) - 250 gms
• Masoor dal - 1/4 cup
• Tamarind paste-1/4 cup
• Brinjal(medium sized)-3
• Drumstick -1
• Big onion - 1 chopped
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tablespoon
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
• Chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
• Fennel seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
• Jeera - 1/2 teaspoon
• Cloves - 2
• Cinnamon -1 small stick
• Salt - as needed
• To Temper::
• Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
• Jeera -1/4 teaspoon
• Red Chillies - 3
• Curry leaves - few
• Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
• Garlic - 4 to 5 small pods

Preparation:

1. Soak tamarind in warm water for half an hour and extract tamarind paste. Cook masoor dal in cooker with 1 and 1/2 cup water for 2 whistles and set aside.
2. Wash and clean mutton well.
3. Heat cooker with 2 teaspoon oil, add the jeera,fennel seeds,clove and cinnamon. Add chopped onions and saute till transparent.
4. Add ginger garlic paste and saute for 2 minutes. Add the mutton, turmeric powder, chilli powder with little salt just enough for the mutton.
5. Add some water for mutton to be cooked and close the cooker. Cook for 5 to 6 whistles in medium flame till 1/2 cooked. Chop the vegetables in the meantime.
6. Now open the cooker once pressure releases, add in the vegetables and cook for 1 more whistle.
7. Now heat a deep pan with 2 teaspoon oil, temper with mustard seeds,jeera,fenugreek seeds, red chillies, garlic and curry leaves.
8. Add in the cooked mutton and vegetables(along with water) and mix. Add in the cooked dal and tamarind paste.
9. Mix everything well and add salt as needed. Add little water if needed and bring everything to a boil in low flame. Switch off after the mutton is cooked and gravy is creamy.
10. Serve with briyani the best combo or pulao or roti.

Note: Instead of masoor dal you can use toor dal or chana dal too.

Carrot Ginger Lime Juice

It is a simple recipe and the ginger and lemon adds a beautiful zing to the carrots. You will definitely love this drink. Recipe reference Chef Sanjeev Kapoor website.

Ingredients

• Carrots - medium sized -5
• Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
• Lemon juice - 1 teaspoon
• Lemon- 1
• Sugar - 1/8 cup
• Fresh Mint leaves- 10 to 15
• Chilled water - 2 glasses or as needed
• Ice cubes – optional

Preparation

1. Wash and scrape skin of carrots. Pass through juicer to extract juice. I got 1/2 cup of juice from 5 carrots.
2. Peel skin of ginger completely and extract juice. Mix it with the carrot juice.
3. To prepare sugar syrup, take a pan add sugar and 1 tablespoon of water and heat and stir till completely dissolved. Switch off and add lemon juice.
4. Take 2 glasses, add the prepared sugar syrup, cut lemon into slices and add two of them in the glass. Add 5 mint leaves and the carrot ginger juice. Add chilled water as required and stir.
5. Repeat same for next glass. Add some ice cubes if needed and serve chilled!.