Recipe of Speedy South India's Mutton Lentil Ragout - Mutton Dalcha/Dalca Kambing

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have south india's mutton lentil ragout - mutton dalcha/dalca kambing using 36 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make South India's Mutton Lentil Ragout - Mutton Dalcha/Dalca Kambing:

1. Get 500 g Boneless Mutton (diced)
2. Make ready [Marinade]
3. Prepare 2 tsp Salt
4. Take 2 Tbsp Sambar Powder (see below)
5. Get 1 Tbsp Oil
6. Make ready [Lentil Base]
7. Prepare 100 g Yellow Lentils
8. Make ready as needed Water (for boiling)
9. Get [Stew]
10. Take 100 g Yellow Onions (finely diced)
11. Prepare 30 g Garlic (minced)
12. Make ready 30 g Ginger (minced)
13. Prepare 100 g Eggplant (rough chop)
14. Prepare 100 g Tomatoes (rough chop)
15. Prepare 100 g Carrots (rough chop)
16. Make ready 100 g Potatoes (rough chop)
17. Get 30 g Fresh Coriander (rough chop, separate stems and leaves)
18. Take 5 cups Water (for stewing)
19. Prepare 1 Tbsp Sambar Powder (see below)
20. Take 5 pc Tamarind Slice or Juice from 2 Tbsp Tamarind Paste
21. Prepare 1 Tbsp Palm Sugar
22. Take as needed Salt (I count 1 tsp)
23. Take [Aromatics]
24. Get 3 sprigs Curry Leaves
25. Take 2 tsp Mustard Seeds
26. Take 2 tsp Fenugreek Seeds
27. Make ready 1 Tbsp Cooking Oil
28. Get [Quick Sambar Powder] - if you can't find in market
29. Make ready 1 Tbsp Chilli Powder
30. Take 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
31. Take 2 tsp Coriander Powder
32. Prepare 1 tsp Cumin Powder
33. Take 1 tsp Ground Black Pepper
34. Prepare 1 Tbsp Ground Split Chickpea
35. Get 1 tsp Ground Black Gram
36. Prepare 2 pinch Asafoetida (optional)

Instructions to make South India's Mutton Lentil Ragout - Mutton Dalcha/Dalca Kambing:

1. MARINADE: marinate the diced Mutton with Salt, Sambar Powder and Cooking Oil for 3 hours to overnight. PIC: home made Sambar Powder
2. LENTILS: in a pot, add the Lentils with 2 cups of Water until boiling. When the liquid has rediced, add more Water, 1 cup at a time. Continue to cook until the Lentils have disintegrated and turns to mush. Turn off the heat and set aside.
3. MUTTON: in a large pot, heat 4-5 Tbsp of of Cooking Oil until hot. Add the Onions, Garlic, Ginger and Fresh Coriander Stems and fry them until fragrant (10 seconds). Next, add the Mutton, mix well and stir fry them until the Mutton browns all over.
4. ASSEMBLE: once the mutton browns, add 5 cups of Water as well as the Vegetables, the Red and Green Chillies, the Tamarind Slices (or Tamarind Juice), Palm Sugar, Salt (season as you go) and Lentils. Bring it to a simmer, cover the pot and cook for 1 hour or until the Mutton is tender and the liquid has reduced. Stir the bottom every 5 minutes.
5. AROMATICS & HERBS: while waiting for the ragout, heat 1 Tbsp of Cooking Oil in a pan and toast the Curry Leaves, Fenugreek and Mustard Seeds. WHEN the ragout looks done, add the Aromatics into the stew and mix well. Serve and garnish with Fresh Coriander Leaves.

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