This amazing mutton Dhansak recipe is my grandmother's. She made it for our entire family for Sunday lunch. This was a feast, as it was accompanied by her lovely mutton kebabs or fish fry and kachumbur salad, onions and lemon.
If you want to enjoy Dhansak you have to squeeze lots of lemon on it ;)
At night we had the remaining Dhansak dal with brun pav and our all time favourite - fried eggs or the Parsi eedu
Dhansak Dal ingredients
750 gms mutton on the bone
1/2 cup moong dal - 1/2 cup red masoor dal -1/2 cup toor dal
1/2 tea spoon turmeric powder - 2 tea spoons salt
1 table spoon chopped fresh methi leaves (fenugreek leaves)
1 table spoon mint leaves - 1 table spoon coriander leaves
2 green chillies finely chopped - 4 pieces pumpkin - 1 small brinjal
2 tea spoons ginger garlic paste - 1 medium onion finely chopped
4 garlic cloves finely chopped - 1 medium tomato finely chopped
2 tea spoons kashmiri chilli powder
6 to7 table spoons oil - 2 tea spoons ghee
Dhansak masala powder Ingredients
7 green cardamons - 12 cloves - 1/4 piece nutmeg
2 pieces cinnamon sticks - 1 tea spoon pepper corns
1 tea spoon cumin seeds - 1 tea spoon coriander seeds
Dhansak Rice Ingredients
500 gms basmati rice washed and soaked -1 and /2 tea spoon salt for rice
3 table spoons sugar - 1 onions sliced - 5 green cardamons - 1 bay leaf
2 pieces cinnamon stick - 5 cloves - 8 pepper corns - 1 tea spoon cumin seeds
4 table spoons oil
Method
Dhansak dal prep
In a bowl mix together 1/2 cup moong dal - 1/2 cup red masoor dal -1/2 cup toor dal. Wash and drain and keep aside.
Place a pressure cooker on high heat and add 4 table spoons oil
Add 1 finle chopped onion and fry for 2 minutes until translucent
Add 2 tea spoon ginger garlic paste and fry for 1 minute
Add 1 tomato finely chopped and cook for 1 to 2 minutes
Add 1 table spoon chopped fresh methi leaves (fenugreek leaves)
1 table spoon mint leaves - 1 table spoon coriander leaves
2 green chillies finely chopped - 4 pieces pumpkin - 1 small brinjal and cook everything for 2 minutes
Add 1/2 tea spoon turmeric powder - 2 tea spoons salt and cook for 2 minutes
Add 750 gms mutton on the bone and cook it in this for 2 to 3 minutes
Add the 3 dals kept aside and mix everything together
Add 3 cups water and pressure cook for 4 to 5 whistles
Open the cooker after it has cooled and gently stir the cooked dal and mutton
Check for any pieces of pumpkin and brinjal and mash them up in the dal
Add water if the dal is too thick and mix it together and keep aside
Dhansak masala prep
Dry grind the following
7 green cardamons - 12 cloves - 1/4 piece nutmeg
2 pieces cinnamon sticks - 1 tea spoon pepper corns
1 tea spoon cumin seeds - 1 tea spoon coriander seeds. Keep aside
Place a pan on medium heat and add 3 table spoons oil and 2 tea spoons ghee to it.
Add 4 garlic cloves finely chopped and fry for 1 to 2 minutes until a creamish color.
Add the Dhansak masala and cook for 1 minute
Turnt he heat off and add 2 tea spoons kashmiri chilli powder and mix everything and cook for 1 minute
Turn the heat back on medium low and mix this masala until it begins to bubble.
Add 1/4 glass water and mix it together
Remove from heat and add this to the Dhansak dal and mutton in the pressure cooker.
Mix everything well and simmer for 5 minutes, add 1/2 to 1 cup water and bring the dal to a boil and remove from heat.
Dhansak rice prep
Wash 500 gms Basmati rice and soak it for 30 minutes. Keep aside
Place a pan on medium heat and add 3 table spoons sugar
Melt the sugar stirring continuously until the sugar gets to a dark brown color.
When it reaches a dark brown color, it will start to bubble this is when you add 1/2 glass water to this and mix well
Keep this aside as this will be mixed in the rice to give it the brown color and flavour.
Take a pot to cook the rice and place it on medium high heat
Add 3 table spoons oil
Add 5 green cardamons - 2 pieces cinnamon stick - 5 cloves - 8 pepper corns - 1 tea spoon cumin seeds and 1 bay leaf and stir
Add 1 onion sliced and fry until golden brown
Drain the rice and add it to this and stir
Add the caramel kept aside to this rice and stir well
Add 5 cups water and stir everything
Add 1 and 1/2 tea spoon salt and stir
Cook this on high heat for 15 minutes
You will see the rice cooking and the water almost drying up
Cover and cook on medium low heat for 10 minutes
Open and gently stir the rice
Remove from heat
Serve this amazing Dhansak with Kachumbur salad, onions and lemon slices
And don't forget the make the mutton kebabs too :) :)
29 сен 2024
