Dalcha

dalcha

It is a popular dish from Hyderabad, cooked with mutton and red lentils.

Ingredients

Mutton                                      200 gm

Chopped ginger                         1 tbsp

Chopped garlic                          2 tbsp

Cinnamon                                 2 inches

Red chilli paste                         ½ tsp

Turmeric powder                        ½ tsp

Salt                                          to taste

Red lentils                                 1 small bowl

Ghee                                        2 tbsp

Cumin seeds                             1 tbsp

Dry red chilli                              5 – 6

Curry leaves                              8 - 10

Lemon                                      1

Oil                                            1 tbsp

Method

Heat oil in a pan then add cinnamon, onion, garlic ginger and sauté.

Then add turmeric powder, red chilli paste and cook well.

Now add mutton and mix well.

add mutton

Add water,salt then cover and cook for 15 minutes.

add water in mutton

Open cover and add soaked red lentils mix well.

add soaked red lentils into mutton

Cover and cook for 5 minutes.

For tarka

Heta ghee in a pan.

add ghee on pan

Add cumin seed, curry leaves, dry chilli, chopped garlic and sauté.

prepare tarka

Add lemon juice mix well.

add lemon juice in tarka

Now pour this tarka into mutton and mix well.

add tarka

Garnish with red chillies and serve.