Dal Makhani
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup toor dal
- 1⁄4 cup yellow moong dal
- 1⁄4 cup masoor dal
- 1 medium sized onion, grated
- 2 green chilies, sliced
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ginger, grated
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1⁄2 tablespoon coriander, finely chopped
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cumin seed
- 1⁄4 teaspoon red chili powder
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt
- 2 -3 small tomatoes
directions
- Mix and wash dals well.
- Soak for 30 minutes.
- Pressure cook till soft but not overcooked (approx. 3 whistles).
- Mash the dals while hot.
- Heat oil in a pot.
- Add cumin seeds and let them splutter.
- Once they stop spluttering, add onion, ginger and green chillies.
- Stir fry till soft.
- Fold in red chilli powder and turmeric powder.
- Mix well and then add the tomatoes.
- Once tomatoes get cooked, add salt followed by the dals.
- Mix well and allow to boil.
- Simmer for 3-4 minutes.
- Garnish with the chopped corriander and lemon juice.
- Serve hot with roti or rice and your favourite raita on the side(cucumber and tomato raita is a nice one to enjoy this with).
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This is am excellent recipe! I altered it a little and it turned out great. First although I love my new Swiss pressure cooker, I soaked the dal for 3 hours and cooked over a normal medium flame. I added salt, dried red chilis, black cardamons , and bay leaves before cooking and removed the last 3 after cooking 30 minutes. I also used ghee instead of oil, doubled the ginger, added a large tsp of garam masala to the onion mix. It is one of the best dals I have made. Thanks for sharing!
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This was pretty tasty, we really liked it. Ended up needing quite a bit of salt, but we enjoyed it. I will say, I didn't understand what pressure cook until 3 whistles means...we followed the instructions that came with our pressure cooker for cooking lentils...they came out a little overdone, although that did save the mashing step, I don't think I did it right. nonetheless tasty. Thanks!
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Great Mixture, however don't forget to use butter or ghee. The word "Makhani" means butter and the recipe wont be the same without it. I also reccommend doubling the water added for pressure cooking. I used 1/2 cup dal to 1 cup water, 1/4 cup dal to 3/4 cup water. Thanks Charihsma for a proper indian recipe!
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This is am excellent recipe! I altered it a little and it turned out great. First although I love my new Swiss pressure cooker, I soaked the dal for 3 hours and cooked over a normal medium flame. I added salt, dried red chilis, black cardamons , and bay leaves before cooking and removed the last 3 after cooking 30 minutes. I also used ghee instead of oil, doubled the ginger, added a large tsp of garam masala to the onion mix. It is one of the best dals I have made. Thanks for sharing!
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