Ingredients

• 3 cups - water (for boiling)
• 500 gms - beef mince (wash and boil)
• 4 - medium potatoes (boiled and peeled)
• 1/2 tsp - mustard seed (broil on tawa)
• 12 - Kashmir chillies (remove stems and broil)
• 1/2 tsp - jeera (broil on tawa and grind)
• 1 tbsp - coriander (broil on tawa and grind)
• 1 - onion, sliced (broil on tawa and grind)
• 3 flakes/cloves - garlic (broil on tawa and grind)
• 10 - pepper corns (broil on tawa and grind)
• 1/2 - coconut, scraped (broil on tawa and grind)
• 1 inch - turmeric (broil on tawa and grind)
• 1 ball - tamarind (remove seeds and fiber and grind)
• Salt - to taste
• 5 - medium chillies (green stems removed - for grind)
• 1 tsp - garam masala (to be added to ground masala)
• 3 tbsp - ghee
• 2 cups - Masoor Dal (boil and add to meat)
• 1 tbsp - oil (for frying sliced onion)
• 1/2 - onion (make slices for seasoning)

How to Make Beef Mince Curry With Dhal

• Wash and parboil half a kilogram of beef mince, and when cooked drain the water and keep aside.
• Boil 4 medium potatoes - water level should be a little above the potatoes.
• When done, peel the skins and slice into degree cubes and keep aside.
• Broil separately on a tawa each masala, scraped coconut and sliced onion except tamarind.
• Grind all the masala to a fine paste. Keep aside.
• Pour three tbsp of ghee in a cooking pot, and heat it.
• Slice one onion and brown it in the hot ghee.
• Then add the parboiled minced beef. Cook the meat in its own gravy till browned, in the covered pot.
• Then add 2-3 cups of boiling water and 2 cups masoor dal previously washed.
• When the meat and dal are cooked well, add the ground masala.
• With a little water to the meat, if the level has gone below. Always the liquid should be a little above the main stuff.
• Heat the oil for seasoning in a large enough pan, and fry half sliced onion.
• Pour the meat with its gravy into the seasoning and cook.
• Add diced potatoes and salt to taste.
• Recipe Courtesy: Mangalorean Recipes