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Indian Cooking Recipe : How to Make Dhansak

Ingredients for the Recipe

• 50 gm lamb (cleaned & washed)
• 100gm toovar washed
• 75 gm masoor dal washed
• 30 gm ghee
• 150 gm chopped onion
• 2tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 100gm red pumpkin peeled & diced
• 100 gm brinjal peeled & diced
• 100 gm potatoes diced
• 50 gm sweet potatoes diced
• 30 gm fenugreek leaves chopped/spinach
• 30 gm coriander leaves chopped
• 200gm tomatoes chopped
• 8 pepper corn
• 2-3 green chilli chopped
• 1tsp red chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp cumin powder
• 1/2 tsp dhania powder
• 1.5litres water
• 30 gm tamarind pulp

Dhansak masala (grind to paste) :

• 2 garlic
• 60 gm ginger
• 6 nos kashmiri dry chilli
• 1tsp cumin
• 1 tsp coriander
• 1stick cinnamon stick
• 2 cardamom
• 3 cloves

For garnishing :

• 1 brown onion slices
• 10 gm chopped coriander
• 2 slit green chilli

Recipe (How to Make):

1. Heat 50 gm ghee in cooker, add chopped onions and saute.
2. Add ginger and garlic paste saute over slow heat for 2 minutes.
3. Add lamb and cook for 10 minute, then add both dals and vegetables dices.
4. Also add salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, green chilli, peppercorn and cook for 2-3 minutes.
5. Add around 1 1/2 litre of water and pressure-cook till one whistle.
6. Then simmer and again cook for 15 min or till lamb is done.
7. Open the cooker & remove lamb pieces keep aside.
8. Strain the vegetables & dal
9. In a separate pan heat 20gm ghee, and add dhansak paste and stir for 30 seconds.
10. Add strained dal, lamb pieces and tamarind pulp.
11. Cook for 5 min or correct consistency
12. Garnish with coriander leaves, slit green chilli and brown sliced onions.
13. Serve hot.