Dumpakht
Dumpakht means cooking in a sealed pot on a simmering heat. Dumpakht is a delicious mutton dish from Mughal cuisine.
Dumpakht in cooking pot
Dumpakht in sealed pot
Dumpakht Ingredients
Handi was normally used for slow cooking (Dumpakht in past). Now it can be cooked in any seal able pot.
Handi with Dhakan (Lid) and Doi (wooden spoon)
Naan
Ingredients
- Mutton 1 kg
- Yoghurt 1 cup
- Butter 1 cup
- Onion chopped 3-4 medium size
- Ginger chopped 2 inch long piece
- Garlic chopped 1 medium pod
- Fresh Coriander leaves chopped half cup for garnish
- Red chillies whole 12-15 numbers
- Cardamom brown 3 numbers
- Cardamom small 5 numbers
- Black pepper whole 15 numbers
- Cumin seed whole 1 teaspoon
- Haldi powder 1/2 teaspoon
- Salt to taste
- Cinnamon 2 pieces
- Cloves whole 12 numbers
- Raisin 20 numbers
- Almonds 15 numbers
- Dough for sealing the lid
Procedure:
- Heat butter in a pan (Metallic or Clay pot -Handi)
- Then add mutton, onion, ginger, garlic , spices and nuts and cook on simmering heat for 60-90 minutes while lid is sealed with dough.
- During this period cracks will appear on dough and some steam may leak, re-seal leak with dough.
- After 90 minutes turn off flame , break dough seal , Delicious Dumpakht is ready. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve with naan
