Vegetarian Dhansak

Hi

This month's 4 Velveteers challenge was from Asha. She suggested that we all make dhansak with own own interpration.


Dhansak is an authentic Parsi dish. I think the first time i heard about this dish was a long time back when Penaz Masani(singer) spoke about it On TV. This is one of their non-vegetarian dishes but i have tried to make it vegetarian. You can find different variations of this recipe in the blog world also on you tube:-)

INGREDIENTS

Pumpkin 200 gms

Red gram dhal 1/4 cup

Masoor dhal 1/4 cup

Green gram dhal 1/4 cup

Tamarind small marble sized, soaked in warm water

Onion 1 cut into small pieces

Tomato 1 cut finely

Methi leaves 2 tbsp



FOR THE MASALA PASTE

Red chillies 6

Coriander seeds 2 tsp

Cumin seeds 2 tsp

Cardamom 4

Cinnamon 1' piece

Garlic 3-4 pods

Ginger 1/2 piece



PREPARATION

Chop the pumpkin into cubes(not very small)

Cook all the dhal's together with the chopped pumpkins pieces until soft

Roast red chillies,coriander seeds, cumin seeds, cardamom, cinnamon in a tsp of oil till a good flavour comes out.

Grind this along with ginger and garlic into a smooth paste

Heat a pan with 2 tsp oil.

Fry the chopped onions till golden brown

Add the ground masala paste and fry for 2 minutes more.

Now add the cut tomatoes and methi leaves and fry till the tomatoes turn soft

Add the strained tamarind juice

Now add the cooked dhal-pumkin mixture

Add the necessary salt and let it boil for 10 minutes on a very medium flame

Serve warm with brown rice



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Do check out the creations of other velveteers

Aparna's vegetable Dhansak

Asha's Mutton dhansak

Lindsay's lamb dhansak

Will update the list as and when the others post