Zaiqa

“Its a good tradition of exchanging sweets, savories for festivals. We in our apartments exchange eatables for dasara, diwali, christmas, ramzan and bakrid. On bakrid day got Qurbani ka ghost from one of my husbands friend. Made this curry with the same mutton. This is very tasty and easy to make with less ingredients. This curry is best served with rice or rotis.”

“I was the assistant for this preparation recently, but it turned out so well that I had to post this. This goes well with hot chapatis, or with basmati rice, and recently I discovered the Hyderabad combo meal of jeera rice with dalcha.”

“Eid special this year is Cherry Tomatoes and Minced Lamb(Kheema Tamatar),a juicy spicy side dish that would leave any meat-lover asking for more.I know meat is the attraction of this recipe,but what makes it even more special is the garden fresh Cherry tomatoes.”

“I rarely make dishes with mutton and this weekend I prepared this spicy delicious mutton pepper roast by preparing freshly grounded pepper powder. This mutton roast tastes extremely delicious and fabulous with hot rice and rasam. We enjoyed having this hot spicy mutton roast for our sunday’s lunch.”

Mutton- 300gms
Oats- 250gm
Black gram dal – 1/4 cup
Chana dal – 1/4 cup
Yogurt – 1/4 cup
Red chilli powder – 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Onion – deep fried for garnish
Cashewnuts – 2-3tbsp
Green chillies- 2 -3 no.s
Whole garammasala- cloves,pepper,cardamom,dalchini,
Ginger garlic paste -1 tbsp
Oil -3-4 tbsp
Cilantro, Mint – 1/4 cup
Salt to taste
Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
Ghee – 2-3 tbsp

Procedure:
Wash and soak the oats and the dals separately for 15 -20 mins.
Add ginger garlic paste,chilli powder,salt,turmeric powder,oil to mutton and pressure cook it till soft.Once done,add yoghurt and mix well and let it simmer for sometimes. Later,debone and shred it and keep aside.
Cook the oats with little water along with whole garam masala,green chillies and salt till it becomes little pasty in consistency. Boil the black gram dal and chana till soft.Keep it aside till it becomes cool.
In a blender add half of the cooked oats along with shredded mutton,boiled dals and make into a coarse paste.
Take a suitable vessel,add oil, add the remaining cooked oats and then add the blended paste and simmer it on low flame.
Finally add ghee and garnish it with fried onions,fried cashew nuts, boiled egg slices (optional) and chopped cilantro,mint and lemon juice and serve hot.