DALCHA

                                           Usually we eat rice items (like biryani, kichidi, jeera rice, tomato rice etc) with any grave and rita. One of such gravy item is dalcha. It is simple to make but taste differs from other side dishes.

INGREDIANTS:

-½ cup Bengal gram

-2 small brinjals

-1 big tomato

-1 big onion

-tamarind (Small piece) or ¼ tsp mango powder

-red chilli powder

-1/4 tsp turmeric

-salt

-2 cloves

-1tsp oil

GRAVY:

-1 tsp grated dry coconut (or fresh coconut)

-1 small onion

 -1/4 inch ginger

-4 garlic cloves

 -1 tsp coriander powder

-1/4 inch cinnamon

-1 clove

-1 root corriander

PROCEDURE:                                  

-grind all the gravy ingredients into fine paste.

-cook Bengal gram, brinjals, tomato, tamarind, 1 tsp oil, with a cup of water in a pressure cooker.

-smash it with a spoon or hand.

-add gravy paste, red chilly powder, turmeric, salt, gravy to the smashed paste.

-take 1 tsp of oil in a vessel and heat it. Now fry  finely  chopped  onion

   into golden yellow, along with cloves.

-Add the mixed paste and bring it to necessary thickness by adding water. It must be  more thin than at the time we eat.

-Now boil on high flame till a foam forms.

-Now dalcha is ready to eat.