Veg Dalcha

Veg Dalcha

Ingredients:

Soya balls: 1 cup

Chana dal : Soaked ½ cup

Potatoes :  1 medium sized diced 

Tomatoes  : 2 to 3 chopped

Cauliflower : ¼ cup florets

French beans :  ¼ cup diagonally chopped

Capsicum : ¼ cup chopped

Tamarind pulp : 1.5 tspn

Ghee : 1 tblspn

Cumin seeds : 1 tspn

Mustard seeds : ½ tspn

Cardamom : 2

Cinnamon / Dalchini : ½ inch

Clove / Laung : 1 or 2

Bay leaf : 1

Garam Masala : ½ tspn

Coriander powder : ½ tspn

Cumin powder : ½ tspn

Roasted Cashwes : Few

Curry leaves : Few

Mint leaves : Few chopped

Onions : ¼ cup chopped

Turmeric : ¼th tspn

Green chillies : 2 slit

Water : 200 ml

Method :

·         Soak soya for 5 mins in warm water.

·         Pressure cook chana dal with little salt and turmeric.

·         Place a kadai or cooker on medium flame, add ghee. Add whole masala and green chilies.

·         Saute and let them fry for two mins.

·         Add onions and sauté. Let them cook until they turn translucent.

·         Now add turmeric powder and ginger garlic paste and mix.

·         Add veggies and salt, sauté them.

·         Now reduce the flame, close the lid and let them cook for 4 mins.

·         Veggies will start to leave water they contain.

·         Open the lid, if all veggies are partially cooked, add soya and mix well.

·        Add tomatoes and saute. Close the lid and let tomatoes cook until they turn soft. Add little water and cook for 2 to 3 mins. 

•  Add Red chilly powder, garam masala powder, coriander seed powder and cumin powder.

·         Let it cook for 3 mins on low flame and then add tamarind pulp.

·        Now add cooked chana dal.

·         Let it cook on low flame for 5 to 6 mins. You can add little water if dalcha is too thick in consistancy.        

·         Serve it hot with any roti or chapati or pulka or puri.