Afghan dumplings with beef sauce and garlic yoghurt (ashak)
Chana
dal is a type of pulse, related to the chickpea. Chana dal has a very
low glycaemic index so it makes a good addition to the diabetic diet.
This recipe for ashak involves two hours of preparation, but you can
lighten the workload by recruiting a few extra pairs of hands to
help.
Ingredients
Dough
- 1 kgplain flour, plus extra for kneading
- 2 tbspsalt
- 1 tbspvegetable oil
- 500 ml(2 cups) water, approximately
Sauce
- 250 ml(1 cup) vegetable oil
- 2large onions, chopped
- 1 kgbeef mince
- 4garlic cloves, chopped
- 1red capsicum, chopped
- 400 gcan diced tomatoes
- 2medium red chillies, chopped
- 1 tbspground turmeric
- 1 tbspsalt
- 250 ml(1 cup) boiling water
- 1 cupchana dal, soaked, rinsed and cooked until tender
Filling
- 1 kggandana, leeks or chives, washed and finely chopped
- 1 tbspfreshly ground black pepper
- 1 tbspsalt
- 2 tbspmargarine or soft butter
- 1 bunchcoriander, washed and chopped
Garlic yoghurt
- 2garlic cloves
- 1 tspsalt
- 1 kgnatural yoghurt
- 250 ml(1 cup) water
- dried mint, to serve
