Spicy and Tasty Shab Daig: Urdu – English

Spicy and Tasty Shab Daig. Shabdeg or Shab daig is a South Asian dish. It is cooked with Turnip and the meat version includes lamb or beef and meatballs. It is considered to be a Kashmiri dish. This dish was left to simmer during the night.

Spicy and Tasty Shab Daig

Ingredients:

1. Mutton – ½ kg
2. Onion – 2
3. Oil – ½ cup
4. Salt – to taste
5. Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp
6. Red chili powder – 1 tsp
7. Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
8. Coriander powder – 1 tsp
9. Yogurt – ½ cup
10. Fried and crushed cumin seeds – 1tsp
11. Ginger flakes – 2 tbsp
12. Garam masala powder – 1 tsp
13. Fresh coriander chopped – 2 tbsp
14. Turnips – 2
15. Carrot – 2

Method:

• Prick carrots and turnips and fry in 2 tbsp of ghee, set aside.
• Take a pan, fry onion until golden brown, and take it out of onion.
• Now in same oil, add ginger garlic paste, fry for few sec, then add 1 tbsp of water, red chili, salt, turmeric powder and mutton, fry well.
• Now add coriander powder, cumin seeds and yogurt, fry well.
• Cover and cook until mutton is tender, fry well and add fried vegetables and cook well until vegetables are done.
• Then add fried crushed and meatballs (koftay), cook for 2 more minutes and add some water as you desire for gravy.
• Cover and cook on low heat until gravy becomes thick.
• Garnish with ginger flakes, fresh coriander and garam masala powder.
• Serve with naan or boil rice.

Ingredients for Kofta:

1. Beef mince – 1/2 kg
2. Whole green chillies – 2
3. Onion – 1
4. Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
5. Salt – 1 tsp
6. Roasted chick peas  – 1 tbsp
7. Fried crushed cumin seeds – 1 tsp
8. Yogurt – 2 tbsp
9. Fried crushed poppy seeds – 1 tsp
10. Garam masala powder – 1 tsp
11. Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp
12. Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Method:

• Add mince, salt, onion, red chili, cumin seeds, roasted chickpea, poppy seeds, garam masala and ginger garlic paste in chopper and grind well.
• Then take it out in a bowl and add green chilies, fresh coriander and yogurt, mix well and make kofta shape.
• You can freeze them as well.