HYDERABADI MUTTON DALCHA RECIPE

Hi, today I'm going to share another yummy mutton recipe, that is Hyderabadi mutton dalcha. Mutton cooked with lentils and bottle gourd along with lots of aromatic spices.It is mostly served with biriyani and pulao in hyderabadi weddings. It tastes really yummy with biryani, pulao, plain pulao and white rice.

      I often prepare this mutton dalcha at home and serves with bagara rice and biryani. If you are a vegtarian you can replace mutton with brinjals. It also tastes good.

I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

 Ingredients :

Mutton : 500 grams (with bones)

Chana dal/ bengal gram:  150 grams

bottle gourd/sorakaya/lauki/kaddu : 500 grams (pieces)

Sliced medium onions : 2

chopped Medium tomatoes : 4

green chilly : 2

coriander leaves : 1/4 cup

Tamarind : 25 grams

chilly powder : 2 tea spoons

Coriander powder : 1 table spoon

Roasted cumin powder : 1 tea spoon

Turmeric powder : 1/2 tea spoon

oil : 1/4 cup

Salt to taste

Curry leaves : 3 strings

Ginger garlic paste : 1 table spoon

Whole garam masala :

Cinnamon stick : 2 (1 inch size)

Cloves : 5

cardamom : 4

Shah zeera/black cumin seeds : 1 tea spoon

Method :

First wash dal and cook until dal gets soft.

Now soak tamarind in water for 15 to 20 minutes ,squeeze and take out the juice.

Now heat oil in a pressure cooker or pan add whole garam masala, add onions, green chilly and curry leaves saute for 2 to 3 minutes

Now add ginger garlic paste and saute until raw flavors disappear

Now add tomatoes and saute for 3 to 4 minutes.

Now add all spice powders and saute for 1 minute on medium flame.

Now add mutton pieces saute for 4 to 5 minutes

Now pour sufficient water and cook till mutton gets soft and tender 

Now add bottle gourd pieces and cook till bottle gourd pieces gets soft. (add water if needed)

Now add tamarind juice and cooked dal add sufficient water and cook on high flame for 5 minutes by covering the lid

Now simmer the flame and add coriander leaves cook for 3 to 5 minutes and remove from fire and serve.

Wash chana dal

Add water

Cook until dal turns soft

mash cooked dal well

Soak tamarind water

Squeeze tamarind juice

Heat oil add whole garam masala

Add onions

Add green chillies

Add curry leaves saute for a while 

Add ginger garlic paste

Add tomatoes saute for few minutes

Add all spice powders

Add mutton pieces

Saute for Few minutes

Add water

Cook till Mutton gets tender

Mutton is cooked well

Add bottle gourd pieces

Pour water

Cook it well

Now add mashed dal and tamarind

Cook for 5 minutes

Finally add coriander leaves and cook on low flame for few minutes And switch off the flame

It's done now

Serve hot!!!!!