Dhakai Nihari
Old Dhaka's slow-cooked beef shank stew, thickened with flour and eaten with naan at breakfast.
Prep
20 min
Cook
180 min
Total
200 min
Serves
6
Per serving
604 kcal
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Instructions
Step 1: Brown the onion in the vegetable oil, then the beef brisket with the ginger garlic paste, chilli powder, ground turmeric, fennel powder and salt.
Step 2: Add the water, cover and simmer very gently until the beef is falling apart.
Step 3: Whisk the plain flour with a little cold water, stir it into the stew with the garam masala and simmer until thick.
Step 4: Serve with the lemon wedges and fresh ginger.
Ingredients
Quantities update automatically for 6 servings.
- 1 ¼ kgBeef brisket — cut in large pieces
- 5 tbspVegetable oil
- 2 wholeOnion — sliced
- 2 tbspGinger garlic paste
- 2 tspChilli powder
- 1 tspGround turmeric
- 1 tspFennel powder
- 2 tspGaram masala
- 40 gPlain flour
- 2 tspSalt
- 2 litreWater
- 1 wholeLemon — wedges
- 20 gFresh ginger — julienned
Nutrition
Nutrition per serving, calculated from the ingredient list. Not yet reviewed.
- Calories
- 604 kcal
- Protein
- 40.4 g
- Carbohydrates
- 15.5 g
- Fat
- 43.3 g
- Saturated fat
- 13.8 g
- Fibre
- 2.9 g
- Sugar
- 2.7 g
- Sodium
- 781 mg
These figures are estimates for general information only and are not medical or dietary advice.