Photo: Emiliano Vittoriosi
Lamb dhansak
16 ingredients
30 min + 2 hr
Serves 6
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Dhansak is a popular Indian curry made from meat, lentils and flavoured with spices including cumin and ginger. It’s mild, sweet and rich with just enough heat to satisfy most tastes. Best of all it benefits from being made a day in advance as it tastes even better re-heated the next day.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1030
Calories
68g
Protein
38g
Fat
104g
Carbs
Counts 14 of 16 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Lamb | 100g cooked | 294 |
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Lentil | 1/2 cup cooked (99g) | 115 |
| Honey | 1 tbsp (21g) | 64 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Turmeric | 1 tsp ground (3g) | 9 |
| Cumin | 1 tsp ground (2.1g) | 8 |
| Cardamom | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 6 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Sunflower Oil | not in our table | 0 |
| Coriander | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 kg/2lb 4oz diced lamb shoulder
- 2 onions
- 25g/1oz fresh root ginger
- 4 garlic
- 2 red chillies
- 10 green cardamom
- 1½ tbsp ground cumin
- 1½ tbsp ground coriander
- ½ tbsp ground turmeric
- 1 x 400g/14oz can chopped tomatoes
- 200ml/7fl oz beef stock
- 75g/2½oz red lentils
- 3 tbsp honey
- and pepper salt
- boiled rice
Directions
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By bbcfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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