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KEEMA - CHANA DAL CURRY

KEEMA - CHANA DAL CURRY

INGREDIENTS
½ kg mutton keema
1 cup chana dal
1 onion finely chopped
4-5 garlic flakes, 1 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp red chilly powder, 1 tsp dhania powder
1 tsp ginger paste, 1 tsp garlic paste
1 tsp crushed black pepper corns
½ tsp jeera, ½ tsp garam masala
½ tsp green cardamom powder
½ tsp cinnamon powder, 2 bay leaves
2 tbsp beaten yoghurt, 3-4 green chilly chopped
¼ cup mustard oil or any refined oil
A bunch of coriander leaves finely chopped
Salt to taste

PREPARATION
1 Cook chana dal with turmeric powder and salt, the dal should be thick in consistency, take it out and keep aside
2 Wash keema, cook in a pan for few minutes with onion, garlic flakes and green chilly, let the keema be dried and all water be absorbed, remove it and keep aside.

METHOD
1 Heat oil in a pan, add bay leaves and jeera, let it splutter, add ginger and garlic paste, sauté for few minutes
2 Add all the masala, green chilly and cook till oil start separating add yoghurt and cook for a while on simmer
3 add keema and dal, simmer it and cook till it is done and the gravy is of desired consistency.
4 Garnish with coriander leaves, serve hot with Nan, Roti
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Lalit Niranjan
04/10/2009

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