Dhansak
Ingredients Needed:
Make 1 cup with Toor dal, Yellow Split Moong dal, Masoor Dal, Rajma (I added fistful of each)
Rajma can be soaked for nearly 6 -7 hrs before making this.
1 cup of mixed vegetables (Green pepper, carrots, potato, brinjal )
Tomato - 2 medium
Onions finely chopped - 1 medium
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp
Green Chillies - 2 long
Salt to taste
Oil - 2 tsp
Coriander leaves for garnish
Spice powder
Dry Red Chili - 2 long
Coriander Seeds - 1 tsp
Whole peppercorn - 3/4 tsp
Clove - 2
Cardamom - 2 (this was dominant, reduce if you don't like too much of cardamom)
Cinnamon - 2"
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
How to make Dhansak
Wash and soak Rajma for nearly 6 - 7 hrs
Then take all the other dals along with Rajma in a pressure cooker and add almost 3 times the water. Pressure cook for 4 -5 whistles. Once the pressure falls, remove the lid, add potato, carrot, half of eggplant and pressure cook again.
Dry roast all the whole spices and grind to a smooth powder. Keep it aside.
In the same pressure cooker, wash and heat again. Add oil, saut the finely chopped onions along with green chilies.
Then add ginger garlic paste, then tomatoes, remaining eggplant, green pepper. Saute till the tomatoes are almost done.
Add the boiled dals, mash well and add more water if required.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Notes:
You can puree all of the dal and vegetables or choose to leave it as such.
If you want to make this using non veg, guess you can pressure cook it separately by the way the recipe goes.
The dal ends up being very thick so plan your dal measurement accordingly.
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Amrita Roy says
this is a new recipe for me...
Priya Suresh says
Protein packed dal, i dont mind having super thick dal like this..A prefect pair for rotis.
vaishali sabnani says
Book marked..this surely has been on my list...but some how gets postponed every time...now with a book mark will try it soon.Sounds delicious.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
I like the dhansak masala! I also like the dals with phulkas...This way I could eat more of the yummy dal 🙂
Sapana Behl says
A healthy and wonderful preparation for Phulkas and rice!
Gayathri Kumar says
Very nutritious and power packed daal. This is new to me and looks very nice..
Nivedhanams Sowmya says
Protein power!!!! very healthy!!
divya says
wow...very healthy n yummy dal..
Denny says
Dhansak has been in my to do list for a long time. Your version makes it look so easy.
Sreevalli E says
Yummy dal.. Bookmarking it..
Pavani N says
What a delicious and flavorful dal. Love the name and the ingredients in it.
Padmajha PJ says
Oh yea, this is one recipe that I still put off making and has been on my list ever since I started blogging!!And most of these nights the 'key sounds' keep me company along with the sound of leaves rustling in the wind. Its kind is eerie sometimes!
And the dhal looks so thick and would love to indulge on it with those phulkas...
Preetha Soumyan says
I have never tried a curry with a mix of dals... looks yummy .. will let u know.. ven i have tried....
Jayanthi says
I absolutely love the dish...looks so healthy and nutritious! I'm gonna try making it ....
Harini-Jaya R says
Very interesting!! Love the blend of dals!