Kaddu ka dalcha and baghara khana

Name: Kaddu ka dalcha and baghara khana
Total time: 4500 s
Yield: 4-5 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 200 gms meat; 1/3 cup tuar dal / arhar daal; 1/2 or a medium size bottle gourd; 2 tomatoes; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1.5 tsp red chilli powder; 1.5 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 3 tbsp oil; 1 lemon sized tamriand soaked in water; 1 handful curry leaves; 1 bunch coriander leaves; 1 tsp garam masala; 3 whole green chillies; as per taste Salt; 2.5 cups rice; 1 onion; 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 3 green cardamoms; 1 " cinnamon stick; 4 cloves; 1 tbsp shah jeera / caraway seeds; 1 bunch coriander leaves; 4 tbsp oil; as per taste Salt

Syeda Emaan Ismail @Emaan123

Trivandrum

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All time favourite of Hyderabadis

Syeda Emaan Ismail @Emaan123

Trivandrum

#indiankitchen
#andhracuisine
All time favourite of Hyderabadis

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Ingredients

1 hr 15 min

4-5 people

Kaddu ka dalcha
200 gmsmeat
1/3 cuptuar dal / arhar daal
1/2 or a medium size bottle gourd
2tomatoes
1 tspturmeric powder
1.5 tspred chilli powder
1.5 tbspginger garlic paste
3 tbspoil
1lemon sized tamriand soaked in water
1 handfulcurry leaves
1 bunchcoriander leaves
1 tspgaram masala
3whole green chillies
as per tasteSalt
Baghara khana
2.5 cupsrice
1onion
1 tbspginger garlic paste
3green cardamoms
1 " cinnamon stick
4cloves
1 tbspshah jeera / caraway seeds
1 bunchcoriander leaves
4 tbspoil
as per tasteSalt

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Steps

1 hr 15 min

1

For kaddu ka dalcha, wash meat and keep aside. In a pressure cooker heat oil add ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and saute well. In another pressure cooker or pot boil the tur dal.
2

Now add tomatoes and meat. Add 1cup of water and close the lid. Cook it on high flame for 7 minutes and then simmer it for 15 minutes.
3

Mash the dal. Check whether meat has become tender. If not cook for some more time. Now add pieces of bottle gaurd cut in diamond shape and close lid of cooker.
4

After 10 minutes bottle gourd will be tender, now add boiled and mashed dal, tamriand paste and curry leaves. Let it come to boil. Now add coriander leaves, whole green chillies and garam masala. Simmer for 5 minutes. Dalcha is ready.
5

Now for baghara khana wash and soak rice in water for 10 minutes then heat oil in a pot, add all the whole spices and fry them. Add sliced onion and fry it. Add ginger garlic paste.
6

Add strained rice and saute them for 5 minutes. Add 5 cups of water and salt.
7

When water is about to dry then add chopped coriander leaves. simmer for 7-8, minutes.