Dal Maharani (The Queen of Indian Lentils!)
Its a wonderful mixture of various lentils and very tasty with hot white rice. I add a dollop of low fat yogurt instead of the fresh cream to my plate for a lower cal option!
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INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 1
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- 3⁄4
- 1⁄4
- 1⁄4cup black gram dal (whole urad)
- 1⁄4cup channa dal
- 1teaspoon red chili powder
- 1⁄4teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1tablespoon fresh cream
- 1tablespoon butter
- 1 1⁄2tablespoons oil
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DIRECTIONS
- Soak red kidney beans, black gram and chana dal in water for 4-5 hours.
- Pressure cook the above dals (lentils) once the time for soaking is over.
- Transfer the dals to a skillet.
- Simmer, on low flame, for 30 minutes, until the lentils (dals) become extremely soft.
- Heat oil in a skillet.
- Sauté the onions and ginger in it till the raw smell of ginger is gone and onions turn golden brown.
- Add tomatoes and green chillies and continue to sauté.
- Add turmeric powder and red chili powder once the onion-tomato mixture becomes soft.
- Continue to sauté.
- Pour the cooked dal over this mixture and bring to a boil.
- Add salt to taste.
- Stir well.
- Just before removing from flame, add butter and fresh cream.
- Garnish with cilantro and serve hot with white Basmati rice!
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