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Rabbit leg cooked in pickling spices
This is the type of dish that would be cooked on a 'shikaar' or a hunting expedition when the Rajput princes would go out hunting with their entourage. It would originally be done using hare but works just as well with rabbit
Serves 4
4-6 Rabbit legs / 2 lb, cleaned and cut in to 2 pieces, or alternatively left whole
1 ? tsp ground turmeric
2 tsp salt
1.5 l water
For sauce
50 ml mustard oil
75 ml ghee or clarified butter
4 whole dried red chillies
1tbsp pickling spice mix (equal quantities of fennel seeds, onion seeds, carom seeds, cumin seeds mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds)
8 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 onions /150 g onions, finely chopped
1 tsp salt
1 inch piece of ginger, cut in to julienne
300g/ 1 1/3 cup yoghurt, whisked
2 tsp chickpea flour
25 g jaggery or molasses
Juice of 1 lemon
Method
Place the rabbit legs in a pan and bring to a boil with water, 1 tsp of salt and turmeric. Once it comes to a boil, reduce heat, cover with a lid and simmer for 45 minutes or until tender. Remove from the liquid, drain and reserve the cooking liquid.
In another heavy bottomed pan, heat mustard oil to smoking point, then add ghee and as it melts, add red chillies and let them crackle for a few seconds, now add the pickling spices and as they begin to crackle and change colour, add the garlic. Saut? garlic for a minute or so and as it changes its colour to golden brown, add onions and saut? until they turn light golden in colour. Now add the remaining salt and turmeric powder and the cooked rabbit legs. Add ginger and molasses and stir for a few minutes until legs start to acquire a light brown colour, now add the reserved cooking stock and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
In a separate bowl whisk yoghurt with the chickpea flour and mix well. Add the yoghurt mix to the pan slowly with continuous stirring to prevent the yoghurt from getting split. When all the yoghurt has been incorporated simmer for a couple of minutes, check seasoning and finish with a lemon juice. Serve with either rice or bread of your choice.
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