How to make Dalcha
Dalcha is a dal made with different vegetables and served along with a spicy biryani. This is mostly made for nonveg biryani, while it does taste great with a vegetarian version as well.
Ingredients
Vegetables Used
- 1 cup Bottle Gourd chopped
- 3 medium Brinjal chopped
- 1 medium Carrot chopped
- 5 medium Beans chopped
- 1 medium Potato chopped
- 1 medium Tomato chopped
Dals Used
- 1/2 cup Toor Dal
- 1/2 cup Chana Dal / Bengal gram
For the Paste
- 1 tsp Coconut Paste
- 2 Cloves
- 1 Cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp Poppy Seeds / Gasa Gasa powder
For the Gravy
- 1/2 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1 marble size Tamarind
For Seasoning
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- Curry Leaves handful
Instructions
- Wash and soak the dals for 10 mins.
- Chop all the vegetables and keep it aside.
- Make a smooth paste with coconut, cloves, cinnamon, and poppy seeds.
- In a pressure cooker, take everything excluding the seasoning, add 1 cup water and pressure cook for 2 whistle, switch off.
- Once pressure is all released, add the tamarind juice bring to boil.
- Finally, season the gravy with mustard, and curry leaves.
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