Dhansak with Brown Rice

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== 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 a lot :) 
== Ingredients ==
=== 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
* ½ teaspoon black pepper
* ½ teaspoon red chili powder
* salt
=== Seasoning ===
* 1 onion
* 2 tomatoes, peeled
* 6 cloves garlic, ground
* 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
* 3 red chilies
* 4 cloves, powdered
* 6 peppercorns
* 4 cardamons
* 2 cinnamon sticks
* 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
* 1 teaspoon sambhar powder
* 1 teaspoon coriander or cumin powder
* 2 teaspoons dhansak masala
* 1 tablespoon ghee
=== Rice ===
* 2 tablespoons ghee
* 1½ 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 cardamons, coarsely crushed
* salt
== 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, coriander 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.
=== 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.
=== 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 along with rice.
# Fry a little.
# Add salt and water.
# Cook, partially covered, till the water has evaporated and rice is cooked.
Category:Persian Meat Dishes
Category:Chicken Recipes
Category:Mutton Recipes
Category:Basmati rice Recipes
Category:Masoor dal Recipes
Category:Toor dal Recipes
Category:Moong dal Recipes
Category:Eggplant Recipes
Category:Val dal Recipes
Category:Pumpkin Recipes
Category:Potato Recipes