Mutton Dhansak

Name: Mutton Dhansak
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup chana dal (Bengal gram); 1/4 cup tuvar dal (split pigeon pea lentil); 10-12 mutton cubes, boiled; 1-2 long eggplants, diced; 1 onion, chopped; 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste; 1 tomato, chopped; 1/2 tsp tamarind paste; to taste salt; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp garam masala powder; 1 tbsp coriander-cumin powder; 1/2 tsp pepper powder; handful mint leaves, chopped; 2-3 tbsp oil; As required onion rings & mint leaves to garnish (opt)

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

Sharjah (UAE)

#reststyle - This is a signature dish of the Parsi cuisine and a very popular one in any Parsi restaurants. Very spicy and tangy, no menu is complete without this delicacy where the mutton is cooked in a combination of two or more lentils and eggplants. Cubed red pumpkin, if preferred can also be added. It can be had both with Parsi biryani or flat bread.

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

Saved

Ingredients

1/2 cupchana dal (Bengal gram)
1/4 cuptuvar dal (split pigeon pea lentil)
10-12mutton cubes, boiled
1-2long eggplants, diced
1onion, chopped
1 tbspginger-garlic paste
1tomato, chopped
1/2 tsptamarind paste
to tastesalt
1/2 tspturmeric powder
1 tspred chilli powder
1 tspgaram masala powder
1 tbspcoriander-cumin powder
1/2 tsppepper powder
handfulmint leaves, chopped
2-3 tbspoil
As requiredonion rings & mint leaves to garnish (opt)

Saved

Steps

1

Pressure cook the lentils, eggplants, turmeric powder and mint leaves in 2 cups of water for 10 minutes on low flame after the first whistle.
2

Whisk the lentils. Add the boiled mutton and salt and keep aside.
3

Heat oil in a pan and saute the onions till light brown.
4

Add the tomatoes and continue to fry till it is mashed.
5

Add the ginger-garlic paste and all the remaining powdered spices mixed with a little water. Saute till the oil separates.
6

Add the boiled dal and tamarind paste mixed with 1/4 cup water. Cover and simmer for 3-4 minutes on low flame. Keep stirring at intervals. Adjust water according to the consistency desired. This dish calls for a semi thick gravy.
7

Serve, garnished with onion rings and mint leaves.