Meat With Chick Pea Lentils

                           

 Chane ki Daal- Gosht
(Meat with chick pea lentil)

It  has  always  been a  pleasure to cook  for my  family  and friends. Today  my  family  has  expressed a desire  to  cook Chane ki daal - Gosht  at  dinner, which   is  great in  taste  and easy to  cook  as  well . It  goes very  well  with  plain rice and onion- lemon  salad. 

 Try this once.... you are  going  to fall  in love with  this  awesome dish .  

  

  Category  non vegetarian  dish 

  Time  20 min. 

  People -3-4 

Ingredients 

•  Meat- 250 g.( well washed  and  squeezed ) 
•  Chana daal - 1/2  glass or one cup( soaked in water for 1/2 or 1 hour) 
•  Cooking oil-  4 table  spoon 
•  Onion slices-  1 onion 
•  Onion paste- 2 table spoon 
•  Garlic paste-1/4 tea soon 
•  Ginger paste -1/4 tea spoon( shallow) 
•  Turmeric powder- 1/2 tea spoon
•  Coriander powder- 1/2 tea spoon 
•  Red chili powder- 1/2 tea spoon 
•  Salt- 1/4 tea spoon
•  Garam masala - 1 full pinch 

For baghaar/ Tadka

•  Pure ghee- 1 table spoon
•  Onion  slices -5
•  Green chili- 3- 4 ( chopped) 
•  Cumin seeds -(zeera) -1 full pinch 

How to do - 

Heat the cooking oil in  pressure cooker and fry few slices of onion . Add  meat pieces  in the hot oil , stir 2-3 times with ladle , and lets it water dries up. When  water evaporated add  onion paste, ginger- garlic paste , turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder and salt , mix it well altogether, add some water (1/2 cup) and  cook it  well. When oil started coming on the edges,  mix water soaked chana daal  with other ingredients and  2 cup of water. Close the lid and  bring  it  to 5 -6 whistle on the medium  flame , after 5-6 whistle, turn off  the heat and wait for lid to open. 

When  the lid open , check  meat  pieces with your finger, Meat pieces should  be soft and well cooked.  When it is done , mix it  well  and  add  some water to reduce its thickness. boil it again , adjust salt  and  take it out  in the bowl .

 Chane ki Daal Gosht
(Meat with chick pea Lentil)

Now prepare  baghaar/ tadka  for chane ki daal - gosht ,  for that ....  heat  the pure ghee  in the frying pan,  fry  few slices  of onion , cumin seeds and chopped  green chili, (as you can see in the pics.) Garnish Chane ki daal - Gosht  with this baghaar. 

Happy Cooking !!!

Arshia Zaidi