Afghan Shola افغان شولا

Afghan Shola is a delicious and easily digestible dish. It is used with or without kofta.

Afghan Shola

Ingredients For Shola:

• Broken Rice (Tota Chawal)   1/2 kg
• Moong Sabut (moong beans)  200 g
• Onion chopped 1
• Garlic cloves chopped 5-6
• Oil 1/2 cup
• Salt 2 teaspoon
• Haldi powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Black pepper whole 1 teaspoon
• Cloves 5-6
• Cinnamon sticks 2

Ingredients for Kofta:

• Beef cubes boneless 1/2 kg
• Oil 1 cup
• Yoghurt beaten  1/2 cup
• Tomatoes chopped 2
• Onion chopped 2 medium-size
• Ginger crushed 1 teaspoon
• Garlic crushed 1 teaspoon
• Fresh mint leaves 1 tablespoon
• Fresh coriander leaves  1tablespoon
• Green chillies chopped 3
• Fresh red chillies chopped 3
• Salt to taste
• Red chillies powder 1 teaspoon
• Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon
• Garam masala 1/2 teaspoon
• Poppy seed soaked and crushed 2 teaspoon
• Cumin seed powder 1 teaspoon
• Coriander powder 1 teaspoon

Procedure for Shola:

• Soak rice in water for 20 minutes.
• Wash and drain keep aside.
• Soak moong beans in water for 15 minutes.
• Wash , drain and keep aside.
• Fry onion in oil till golden.
• Add  cinnamon , cloves and black pepper, then add garlic,  haldi,  salt  and  add 1/2 cup water. Fry for 3-4 minutes.
• Now add soaked sabut moong and cook till half tender.
• Add 2-3 glass water and soaked rice and cook on medium flame till rice and dal are tender.
• Check the stickiness of cooked rice, if not add a little water.
• Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Shola is ready for serving.

Procedure for Kofta:

• Fry onion in oil till golden brown.
• Remove from oil , cool and grind. keep aside.
• Mix powder spices together, make two portions of it.
• Now add 1/2 quantity of ground onion, 1/2 quantity of spices, 1/2 quantity of ginger garlic to the beef cubes.
• Rub and mix well. Process in an electric food processor to a smooth texture.
• Make baby koftas from this mixture and keep aside.
• Now heat oil in a pan, adds remaining onion , spices, ginger garlic paste and  tomatoes. Fry for 3-5 minutes and then add yoghurt. Fry for 5-6 more minutes.
• Add half to one cup water, cook for a boil. Then add prepared kofta balls to it.
• Cook on low heat till koftas are well done/tender. Stir carefully during kofta cooking to avoid breakage. 
• Sprinkle fresh mint leaves, coriander leaves , fresh red and green chillies on top and simmer for 5-10 minutes.
• Delicious Kofta gravy is ready for Shola.
• Gravy of kofta gravy should be thick.

Serving of Shola:
Shola is served with saltish thick yoghurt with or without Kofta curry/gravy.