DAL MAKHANI :

Prepration Time- 10 Min
Cooking Time – 40 Min
Serves – 7 or 8 persons
Storage – 1 day
Cuisine – Asian


Ingredients:

Onion - ½ cup (chopped)
Chana dal (chick peas) – ¼ cup(soak it in warm water for 4 hrs)
Black grams(black urad dal) – 1 ¾ cup(soak it in warm water for 4 hrs )
Kasturi methi pdr – 1 tsp
butter – ½ cup
coriander pdr – 1 tbsp
coriander – ¼ cup (chopped)
whipping cream – 1/2 cup
cumin seeds – 1 tsp
garam masalawhole – 1tsp (cloves,cardamom,bayleaf,cinnamon)
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp
Kidney beans – 1/4 cup (soak it in warm water for 4 hr)
Oil – 1 tbsp
Red chilli powder – 2 or 3 tsp
Salt - enough
Fresh tomatoes – 5 (make tomato puree)
turmeric - pinch

How to make:

1.First wash black grams, chana dal and kidney beans. Then soak it in warm water for 4 hours and cook till dal is cooked to mashable consistency.

2.Take a heavy bottom pan and heat 1tbsp oil.Then add cumin when cumin seeds splutter add garam masalawhole.After one second add onion fry them till they get brown colour.

3. Then add ginger-garlic paste ,turmeric sauté it for a while add tomato puree and cook well with cover for 10 min .When this puree comes to a boil add chilli powder,coriander pdr and salt. Cook until the mixture thickens ( 2 or 3 mins) with cover.Then add butter cook for 2 min.

4. Now remove water from cooked chana dal,black urad dal and kidney beans and add to the mixture. Cook for 5 minutes. You can add a little water if you feel it is too thick. When it comes to a boil add cooked dals and beans .

5.Put the flame slow add kasturi methi pdr mix well.When dal comes to a boil cover it with lid cook slowly for 30 min(every few min mix dal once).

6. Add the whipping cream and cook for 10 minutes with cover(you should cook slowly on slow flame ).Garnish with chopped coriander leaves .

7.Dal Makhani is ready to taste with white rice or chapathi ..