Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, south india's mutton lentil ragout - mutton dalcha/dalca kambing. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
South India's Mutton Lentil Ragout - Mutton Dalcha/Dalca Kambing is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. South India's Mutton Lentil Ragout - Mutton Dalcha/Dalca Kambing is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook south india's mutton lentil ragout - mutton dalcha/dalca kambing using 36 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make South India's Mutton Lentil Ragout - Mutton Dalcha/Dalca Kambing:
- Make ready 500 g Boneless Mutton (diced)
- Prepare [Marinade]
- Prepare 2 tsp Salt
- Make ready 2 Tbsp Sambar Powder (see below)
- Make ready 1 Tbsp Oil
- Make ready [Lentil Base]
- Make ready 100 g Yellow Lentils
- Get as needed Water (for boiling)
- Prepare [Stew]
- Make ready 100 g Yellow Onions (finely diced)
- Make ready 30 g Garlic (minced)
- Take 30 g Ginger (minced)
- Get 100 g Eggplant (rough chop)
- Make ready 100 g Tomatoes (rough chop)
- Take 100 g Carrots (rough chop)
- Get 100 g Potatoes (rough chop)
- Get 30 g Fresh Coriander (rough chop, separate stems and leaves)
- Make ready 5 cups Water (for stewing)
- Prepare 1 Tbsp Sambar Powder (see below)
- Prepare 5 pc Tamarind Slice or Juice from 2 Tbsp Tamarind Paste
- Prepare 1 Tbsp Palm Sugar
- Prepare as needed Salt (I count 1 tsp)
- Take [Aromatics]
- Get 3 sprigs Curry Leaves
- Prepare 2 tsp Mustard Seeds
- Make ready 2 tsp Fenugreek Seeds
- Get 1 Tbsp Cooking Oil
- Make ready [Quick Sambar Powder] - if you can't find in market
- Get 1 Tbsp Chilli Powder
- Get 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
- Get 2 tsp Coriander Powder
- Make ready 1 tsp Cumin Powder
- Make ready 1 tsp Ground Black Pepper
- Take 1 Tbsp Ground Split Chickpea
- Take 1 tsp Ground Black Gram
- Prepare 2 pinch Asafoetida (optional)
Instructions to make South India's Mutton Lentil Ragout - Mutton Dalcha/Dalca Kambing:
- MARINADE: marinate the diced Mutton with Salt, Sambar Powder and Cooking Oil for 3 hours to overnight. PIC: home made Sambar Powder
- LENTILS: in a pot, add the Lentils with 2 cups of Water until boiling. When the liquid has rediced, add more Water, 1 cup at a time. Continue to cook until the Lentils have disintegrated and turns to mush. Turn off the heat and set aside.
- MUTTON: in a large pot, heat 4-5 Tbsp of of Cooking Oil until hot. Add the Onions, Garlic, Ginger and Fresh Coriander Stems and fry them until fragrant (10 seconds). Next, add the Mutton, mix well and stir fry them until the Mutton browns all over.
- ASSEMBLE: once the mutton browns, add 5 cups of Water as well as the Vegetables, the Red and Green Chillies, the Tamarind Slices (or Tamarind Juice), Palm Sugar, Salt (season as you go) and Lentils. Bring it to a simmer, cover the pot and cook for 1 hour or until the Mutton is tender and the liquid has reduced. Stir the bottom every 5 minutes.
- AROMATICS & HERBS: while waiting for the ragout, heat 1 Tbsp of Cooking Oil in a pan and toast the Curry Leaves, Fenugreek and Mustard Seeds. WHEN the ragout looks done, add the Aromatics into the stew and mix well. Serve and garnish with Fresh Coriander Leaves.
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