Dal Ghosth - By Rahat Zaid

Ingredients

• ½ kg mutton with the bones – cut into small pieces
• ½ cup split red gram – arhar dal
• 1 medium size bottle gourd or lauki – cut into big pieces
• ½ cup fried onions
• 5-6 green chilies
• 5-6 cloves of garlic
• 2 inch piece of ginger
• ½ cup beaten yoghurt
• 2 green cardamom pods
• 1 black cardamom
• 3 cloves
• 1 inch piece cinnamon
• 1 tsp black pepper corns
• ½ turmeric powder
• ½ tsp red chilli powder
• Juice of a lime
• Salt as per taste
• 4 tbsp oil
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 2 dry red chilies
• 2 pinches of asafoetida
• 4-5 flakes of garlic crushed