Invited your friends and family for dinner and you want to make something unique, fancy, full of colours and flavors yet have no clue what to make. While thinking of cooking something that is rich in flavors and spices, the shahi mutton dalcha recipe is the perfect answer for your main course dish. This dish is full of energizing nuts, spices and a touch of basic traditional cuisine make it worth a try. The best part of shahi mutton dalcha recipe is that it is made in mud pots that make it extremely scrumptious and low in fat. Basic ingredients are mutton, red lentil, and tamarind. Dalcha is traditionally served with the rice dish referred to as bagara khana.
Follow the steps given underneath and show your cooking skills.
Ingredients for Mutton Dalcha:
- Ghee (2 Tsp)
- Whole Spices (2 Tsp)
- Chopped Onion (02)
- Ginger Paste (1/2 Tsp)
- Garlic Paste (1 Tsp)
- Tomato Cubes ( 03)
- Turmeric Powder (1/4 Tsp)
- Red Chilli Powder (1 Tsp)
- Salt (1 Tsp)
- Chilli Flakes (1/2 Tsp)
- Mutton Boneless (500 gm)
- Bottle Gourd – Cubes (One)
- Red Lentil (300 gm)
- Water (500 ML)
- Coriander Powder (1 Tsp)
- Green Chilli (Four)
- Cumin Seeds(1 Tsp)
- Whole Spice Powder (1 Tsp)
- Almonds (10-12) Boiled
- Khoya (70 gm)
- Milk (30 Ml)
Ingredients for Presentation:
- Chopped Ginger, Coriander, Green Chilli
- Crushed Almonds
- Khoya
Ingredients for Tempering :
- Vegetable Oil (50 ML)
- Garlic Paste (1/2 Tsp)
- Dried Red Chilli (10-12)
Prepare the Nuts Paste :
To make the paste take boiled almonds, khoya and milk. Put them in the grinder and make a thick paste out of it. Then keep it aside.
Directions for How to Make Dalcha:
Add bottle gourd cubes to the pot. Cook it for about 2-3 minutes. Wait till the upper layer and sides of the cubes get slightly soft, and squishy. This way the bottle gourd will absorb spices too.
Remember the nuts paste we made at the beginning, it’s now that we bring it in action. Add the paste to the mud pot and incorporate everything nicely. The mutton dalcha is now ready..
Tempering
No shahi dish is complete without tempering. Take a pan, heat it on low flame and add vegetable oil to it. Then add the garlic paste and dried red chilli and sauté it until it turns brown and the aroma is spread everywhere. Pour it over the sizzling mutton dalcha.
Garnishing
You surely need to garnish this mouthwatering dish. For that purpose, garnish it with chopped ginger, coriander, green chilli, crushed almonds and khoya.
Serve this heavenly made meatish dish with rice, roti or naan.
Final Thoughts
This dish is surely going to be the showstopper for tonight’s dinner. Everybody’s going to lick their fingers, and you’ll get all the credit for making such flavorful and yummy shahi mutton dalcha. All you need to do is follow these steps and impress your family/ friends.
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