Himachali Kangri Dham Thali

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Dham is a traditional meal and is served on special occasion like weddings,pujas and festivals.A typical dham menu is a combination of chana madra,khataa,boondi ka meetha,teliya maah and chana dal.
Himachali Kangri Dham Thali
#momlove
Dham is a traditional meal and is served on special occasion like weddings,pujas and festivals.A typical dham menu is a combination of chana madra,khataa,boondi ka meetha,teliya maah and chana dal.
Steps
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Steps for preparing Chana Madra:-
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Wash white chana well and soak them in sufficient water for 8 to 12 hours.
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Put 2 cups of water in white chana and pressure cook until well cooked.
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Heat the oil on medium flame in a heavy frying pan.
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Add cumin seeds and hing,when cumin seeds splutters add green cardamom, black cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and bay leaf. Fry the spices for few seconds.
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Add red chilli powder,turmeric powder and coriander powder.
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Add chana and mix well with spices and cook for 2-3 minutes.
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Now reduce the flame and mix curd in it. Keep stirring the mixture until the curd is well mixed.
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Increase the flame slightly and keep stirring constantly until the curd start to boil.
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Add garam masala, salt and ghee, mix well and cook for 5-6 minutes.
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Chana madra is ready to serve, with hot steamed rice.
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Steps for preparing Kala Chana Mahani:-
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Soak the kala chana in water over night and boil them by adding salt in the same manner like we boil for normal black gram gravy recipe.
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Strain kala chana and reserve water for later use.
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Now take a pan and heat mustard oil in it, add hing once it is hot.
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Now add whole wheat flour, besan and simmer the flame to low and roast it by continuous stirring like we roast flour for halwa/sheeratill it is light brown in colour.
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Now add red chilli powder, turmeric,coriander powder,amchur powder and roast them for 1-2 mins.
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Add strained boiled kala chana and cook it on medium flame for 4-5 mins.
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After 5 minutes add 2 1/2 cup reserved water of boiled kala chana along with gur.
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Cook for 9-10 minutes till all spices and gur blends with chana properly.
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Add sliced tomatoes,green chillies and ginger and boil for another 3-4 mins,they should be partial cooked only.
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Serve hot with steamed rice.
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Steps for preparing Teliya Maah:-
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Wash and soak the dal in sufficient water for 8 to 12 hrs.
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In the pressure cooker, cook the dal with enough water for four 4 whistles.
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Heat the mustard oil on medium flame in a pan.
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Add bay leaf, small cardamom, large cardamom, cinnamon, black pepper, clove, cumin, pinch of hing, finely chopped ginger, coriander powder, turmeric and red chilli in hot oil and cook for 2-3 minutes.
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Mix curd in the mixture of spices and stir it continuously until it comes to boil.
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When the curd comes to boil, reduce the flame and boil it till the curd is reduced to half the quantity.
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Then add cream and mix the cream well with the curd, stirring constantly.
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Add salt, boiled dal and ghee in the curd mixture and cook for 5-10 minutes stirring in between.
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Serve teliye maah with hot steamed rice or chapati.
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Steps for preparing Chana Dal:-
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Wash and pressure cook chana dal with 1 1/2 cup of water for 10-15 minutes.
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Make sure the dal is not too soft and mushy.
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Heat mustard oil in a pan over medium heat and add black cardamom,green cardamom, cinnamon,bay leaf,cumin seeds,fennel seeds and saute for 2-3 minutes.
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Add coriander powder,fenugreek powder,red chilli powder,haldi and saute again for 2-3 minutes.
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Add boiled chana dal,salt and mix carefully taking care not to mash the dal.
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Simmer the dal on low flame for 15-20 minutes.
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Serve chana dal with hot steamed rice or chapati.
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Steps for preparing Boondi Ka Meetha:-
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Steps for preparing boondi:-
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In a bowl, combine besan with milk/water and whisk it well.
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Batter should be of dropping consistency.Add or subtract milk in order to adjust batter consistency.
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Take a laddle or strainer that has bigger holes than the regular one
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Heat oil in a kadhai. Check oil before frying, drop a pea size batter in the hot oil.
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If floats right back up, means your oil is ready for frying.
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Hold paddle/ strainer right above the kadhai, pour batter through the laddle/strainer and keep spreading in a circular motion.
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Fry until crisp. Do not over fry boondi.
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Once crisp remove from oil and drain them on a paper towel to remove excess oil.
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Boondis are ready.Same way prepare boondi with whole batter.
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Steps for preparing sugar syrup:-
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Prepare sugar syrup by combining sugar and water and bring it to a boil.
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Add green cardamom and boil for 4-5minutes.
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While syrup is prepared heat ghee in another pan,add fennel seeds and almonds saute for 1-2 minutes and remove from the pan.
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When syrup turns little bit sticky turn off the flame and add roasted fennel seeds and almonds.
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Add prepared boondi,melon seeds and sliced coconut mix well.
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Cover and keep aside for 5-10 minutes before serving so that boondi soaked the syrup well.
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Delicious boondi meetha is ready to serve.
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Serve boondi meetha with hot rice.
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Serve all the above dishes with plain steamed rice.
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