Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Daal keema

Ingredients:

  • Masoor daal - 2 cups
  • Chicken keema - 500 gms
  • Onions - 2 big chopped finely
  • Green chillies -  1- 2
  • Tomatoes -  2 big chopped
  • Garlic paste - 1 tbspn
  • Ginger paste - 1 tbspn
  • Turmeric powder - 1 1/2 tspn
  • coriander powder -  1 tspn
  • cumin powder - 1 tspn
  • Red chilli powder - 1/2 tspn
  • Kashmiri red chilli powder - 1 tspn
  • Garam masala powder - 1 tspn
  • Salt to taste
  • Mustard oil - 2 tbspn
  • Whole garam masala spice - 1 tspn
  • Asafoetida - a pinch
  • Ghee - 1 tspn
Method:

  • Pressure cook the daal with salt and trumeric powder (1/2 tspn) with just enough water. 
  • Now in a deep and thick bottomed pan add the mustard oil and heat. 
  • Add the whole garam masala spices and let them crackle. 
  • Now add chopped onions and brown them. 
  • Once brown add garlic and ginger paste and saute. 
  • Now add turmeric (1/2 tspn), red chilli powder, cumin powder and coriander powder and cook them well. Add the tomatoes and cook till the tomatoes are cooked. 
  • Finally add the chicken keema and cover and cook on simmer for 15 mins or till the oil separates. 
  • Once the keema is cooked add the daal and salt to taste. 
  • Add water and bring everything to a boil and let it simmer for 5 mins. 
  • Heat ghee in a tadka pan and add a pinch of asafoetida and kashmiri red chilli powder and remaining turmeric powder and lower the heat cook for 5 seconds. 
  • Add this to the daal and serve.

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