Digosh Pulao – Siberian Migratory Duck

Ingredients:-

  • 2 kgs —— duck meat (cut into pieces)
  • 1.5 kgs —— rice
  • Half kg —— onion
  • 2 tbsp —— adram/lahsan paste
  • 4 medium sized —— tomatoes
  • Salt —— to taste)
  • 1 tsp —— haldi powder
  • 3 tbsp —— sabit dhanya, coarsely chopped
  • 4-5 —— green chillies
  • 2.5 tbsp —— red chillies, chopped
  • 1 tsp —— garam masala
  • 4 —— laung
  • 6-8 —— kali mirch
  • 3 —— bari illaichi
  • 3-4 —— (Bay) leaves teezpatta
  • Half tsp —— sabit zeera
  • Green chillies (as desired)
  • Ghee or oil

Food preparation:

  1. Fry chopped onion in ghee/oil till golden brown.
  2. Add meat & cook till it changes color.
  3. Add lahsan/adrak paste, (chopped) red chilles, salt, haldi, sabit dhanya, garam masala.
  4. Roast for half an hour.
  5. Add tomatoes (chopped) & roast for few minutes until tomatoes are mashed.
  6. Add 1 to 1.5 glass of water, continue cooking till meat is done.
  7. Add rice & then water (proportion of 6 cups rice/6 cups water), laung, kali mirch, ilaichi, sabit zeera, tezpatta, green chillies.
  8. Boil till a little water left.
  9. Cover & put to dum at low flame.