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Here is a Parsi dish called dhansak which is a very healthy & tasty curry tht goes well with rotis as well as rice...
Dhansak is traditionally prepared using mutton... chicken also can be used...
It's served with parsi brown rice...it's nothing but rice cooked in caramel water which lends the rice a nice brown color & a slight sweet taste...
Dhansak
1. cook 1/2 cup thuvar dhal+ 1/4 cup yellow moong + 1/4 cup channa dhal + 1/4 kg yellow pumpkin cut into big pieces + asafoetida+turmeric pwd for 3-4 whistles...
2. Grind 7 red chillies,1 tsp pepper, 1" cinnamon, 2 cardamom pods, 1 tsp each cumin & coriander seeds , 6-7 pods garlic & 1' ginger to a paste. In case u want to simplify the process, u can make a dry masala by grinding the dry masalas alone & gin-gar paste can be made when req. Increase the dry spice measures in that case.
3. Heat oil in a pan. Add 1 onion chopped & fry till brownish. Add in the ground paste & fry till raw smell diappears & the masala becomes flavourful... Add 2 chopped tomatoes & a small bunch of clean greens(u can use any one or a mix of these- mulai keerai, kaatu keerai, arai keerai, siru keerai, spinach , methi). If u r using methi, u neednt chop it. cook till the tomato breaksup & becomes mushy.
4. Add in the dhal mixture, salt & let it boil for 3-4 mins. Add water if req. The consistency of the dhal will be bit thick. Dosa batter consistency. Done.
Variation: u can use a mix of tomato & tamarind fr sourness or even tamarind alone. But i like mine with only tomatoes.
U can use masoor dhal or green moong or any of ur fav dhal tht'll cook within 3-4 whistles.
U can use any combination of vegs u like. brinjal,potato,carrot, raw mango etc can be used. But I ike the pumpkin dhansak...:)
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dev,
thanks for ur suggestions. let me try it with figs. dhansak is very interesting. i can try it out on sunday.
i will give u the feedback.
selvi
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kugan,
ofcourse, we can sing a song for dev .
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hahaha... nice song K...:lol:
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Selvi, I forgot to mention... Dhansak is traditionally made using mutton... chicken also can be used...
It's served with parsi brown rice...it's nothing but rice cooked in caramel water which lends the rice a nice brown color & a slight sweet taste...
I've not tried either of the traditional prep... So I cant comment on the taste...
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kugan and dev,
this is a tirunelveli dish. my mil used to make. menu is paruppu kulambu, patchadi, fry vegetable.
patchadi:
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1. we can make only with lady's finger.
2. lady's finger, brinjal, drumstick
3. lady's finger, ridgegourd, brinjal, drumstick
4. lady's finger, brinjal, ridge gourd, valakai
5. lady's finger, brinjal, ridge gourd, valakai, motchai.
like this u can choose the vegetable. no pumkin.
lady's finger - 100 gms
brinjal - 4 pcs
drum stick - 1 cut in 1"
tamarind - 1 small lime size
onion - 1 small finely chopped
tomato - 1 small finely chopped
sambar powder - 2 tblsp
or red chilly powder - 1 tsp
coriander powder - 2 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
salt - reqd.
grind the following:
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coconut - 3 tblsp
jeera - 1/2 tsp
garlic - 3 pips
grind it like chutney.
seasoning
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oil - 2 tsp
kadukku - 1 tsp
urad dhal - 1 tsp
vadagam - 1/2 tsp
curry leaves.
In vessel all the vegetables, cut in to small pieces. extract the tamarind juice, pour in the vegetables. salt, spice powder, turmeric powder.let the vegetable cook. in a kadai, put oil kadukku, urad dhal, vadagam, onion, lady's finger fry for two minutes, then transfer this in the vegetables. add tomatoes two. let it cook till the vegetables are done. then pour the coconut mixture in the vege mixture.
try this and give me the feed back.
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dev,
i also come across dhansak is with mutton. anyway i will try urs. coz i dont want non-veg in that.
selvi
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hello kugan nga :-) selvi :-) dev :-)
parthu romba naal aagidichi....hope all of u are well.
recipe after recipe pottu asathiteenga 3 perum...........dev...yr podi is really good & thanks to u & kugan for giving the measurements.....semma vaasanai ...omg i tried kongu biriyani....& it came out very well.......thanks dev ...:-)....
Selvi thank u for the urundai kuzhambu recipe....will try it out.....selvi i tried out yr chutneys & what a new taste that was for dosai...yummy!
Kugan i also tried your urundai kuzhambu.....that was one tasty recipe....thank u !!
kugan neenga nallaa paadavum seiyareenga........aduthu dev..selvi ..naan ellaarum sernthu....raagam thaalam palavi nu velutha katta vendiyathu thaan....naama paada...priya kootidalaam aada...apuram oru periya virunthu with all our tried recipes....;-)
wouldnt that be fun!
:mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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hi suvai,
nice to hear from u after long time, how r u? thanks for trying out the receipes. happy to hear that u like it. as u said dev's KMP smells tooooooooo good. i am also trying the receipes with that.
selvi
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I'm so glad tht KMP fan club is growing...:)
Suvai, try sambar with tht powder... it'll be diff & will go well with rice... tiffin varietiesku avalo nalla irukaadhu...
