Makhani Dal
Makhani Dal

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, makhani dal. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Makhani Dal is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Makhani Dal is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

Dal makhani recipe with stovetop and instant pot instructions. Dal makhani is a classic Indian dish made with whole urad dal, rajma, butter and spices. It is one of the most popular lentil dishes originated in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have makhani dal using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Makhani Dal:
  1. Make ready 1 bowl urad daal
  2. Prepare 1 handful rajma
  3. Get 1/2 handful chana daal
  4. Get As required Oil
  5. Prepare 1 tsp Cumin seeds
  6. Take 1 tsp turmeric powder
  7. Get 1 tsp red chilli powder
  8. Make ready To taste salt
  9. Get 2 chopped onion
  10. Take 2 tomatoes
  11. Take 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
  12. Take 2 teaspoon kasoori methi
  13. Take 1 tsp Garam masala
  14. Take As required Coriander leaves
  15. Get As required Cream or malai

The recipe does complete justice to the name and uses plenty of butter which balances out the heat from the spices and makes the final dal rich. Dal makhani is a typical vegetarian dish originating from Punjab and widespread in India. It is prepared from black lentils, red beans, tomato puree, spices and clarified butter (ghee). This dal of lentils can be found on all wedding tables and celebrations in India.

Steps to make Makhani Dal:
  1. Soak dal, rajma and chana dal for 2 hours
  2. In a cooker boil it for 40 minutes at low flame with salt and turmeric powder
  3. Take a pan heat oil add jeera onion tomato green chilli and ginger garlic paste. Cook it at medium flame for 5 to 7 minutes. Now add Kasoori methi.
  4. Put this tadka in dal. Stir it well and garnish it with coriander leaves. Add garam masala
  5. Serve hot dal with malai or cream.

Its particularity lies in its smoky taste which is obtained at the end of the cooking thanks to the dunghar method. The more slow cooked dal makhani is the better it tastes. In most Indian restaurants specializing in authentic North Indian food, Dal Makhani is simmered overnight or for many hours. Basically you can call it slow cooking of the lentils. This slow cooking makes a world of difference to the consistency of the lentils.

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