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.

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.

More Tips and Details About Dal Makhani Recipe



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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