Dal Makhani

Enjoy the hot Punjabi dal makhni in the lunch today. KFoods.com offers a delicious recipe for this tasteful lentil dish. It is a famous food in Pakistan and India especially when you need an economical plus scrumptious meal for cooking at home.

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Ingredients
1 cup whole urad daal (urad sabut)
1tbsp Red kidney beans (Rajma)
1 onion finely chopped
1 tomato finely chopped
1" Ginger piece
green chilies 2-3 finely chopped
chopped coriander leaves
4-5 flakes Garlic paste
1/2 cup stirred curd
1/2 cup fresh stirred cream (malai)
2tbsp butter
1tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1/2tsp turmeric powder
1/2tsp Garam masala
Red chili powder to taste
1/2tsp dhania powder
Salt to taste
How to make Dal Makhani

METHOD:

• Soak rajma in water overnight.
• Add water & little salt and pressure-cook Rajma and urad daal till soft for about 20-25 minutes. Mash and boil again for 15-20 minutes and add curd and cream to the daal.
• Now in kadhai heat oil, splutter cumin seeds and add garlic paste, fry till light brown. Add onions and fry till golden brown.
• Now add ginger, green chilies and tomatoes and fry till tomatoes soften.
• Now add dry masalas (turmeric powder, chili powder, dhania powder & salt) and fry again for a moment.
• Add daal and stir on medium flame. As soon as it starts boiling remove from the gas.
• Sprinkle garam masala powder and garnish daal makhni with coriander and add butter.
• Serve daal makhni hot with paratha, naan or rice.

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Daal Makhni or Buttery Lentil is a famous food originated from Punjab region of South Asian subcontinent. Recipe involves cooking Urad dal (whole black lentil) with red kidney beans (rajma), butter and cream. Other ingredients include tomatoes, ginger, green chillies, coriander leaves, garlic paste, curd, cumin seeds, turmeric powder, red chili, salt and garam masala and dhania powder.


Buttery Lentil was a common staple food in United India. Later the partition of India, when Punjab people migrated to northern parts of India, the dish spread in other parts of India as well. Now Dal Makhni is a famous Asian food across the world and served in different restaurants in different forms and varieties.


It's complete recipe is reproduced here in simple English instructions. You can cook the dish for your family; make it for supper meal so at that time all your family members would be together at home.


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Hey how to make dal makhani and different other dal recipes for 8 to 10 people. I have to make some recipes for a gathering on coming holiday.

  • Bab, Sialkot

daal makhni daalon me sab se behtereen dish hai. ye mai nahi kehti balkeh sub log kehte hain mai ne jab jab bhi daalen banai hain , to sab se ziada tarif makhani wali dish hi ki hui hai . mujhe khair recipe ki to zarorat nahi hai lekin just discuss kar rahi hon takeh jo log parhain wo log bhi jan jain is ke taste ke bare mein

  • Adeela, Sialkot

kal Friday hai or hamarey ghar mei Friday walay din dal chawal pakte hain mairi koshish hoti hai keh har jummey ko koi new dal try karun . or kabhi chawal bhi bana lete hain kal ka yehi socha hai keh dal makhani bana ke sath me chawal bhi banayen

  • Iqra, Multan

is urad dal arhar ki dal? and red kidney beans mean lal lobia? right? I am making it but confused on some ingredients. Do you have a phone number where I could clarify about the ingredients instantly? please.

  • Husna, Khi

makhni dal ka taste sub se aala hota hai or ye mujhe naan ke bajai chapati ke sath achi lagti hai . or sath me achar or hari mirchi bhi honi chahiye to aaye ga assal maza. farmaishi chapati bazar se le aye or ye recipe banaye to taste aisa hoga ap bhool na paen ge.

  • Siddiq, Sakkhar