Dal Makhani Recipe

Dal Makhani

Cooking time 50 to 60 minutes

• 6- 1/2 cup water
• 1- 1/4 whole black gram washed
• 1/4 cup kidney beans soaked in water for 1 hour and drained
• 2 medium,200 gms tomatoes blanched and chopped
• 5 gm ginger cut into thin strips
• 6 flakes garlic chopped
• 4 green chillies chopped
• 2 whole dry red chillies (kashmiri)
• 4 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
• 1 tablespoon ghee

Tempering

• 2 tablespoons ghee
• 1 small,50 gm onion chopped
• 5gms ginger chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder

1. Pour water into cooker.Bring to boil on high heat,add black gram and all other ingredients except those for tempering.Stir once.
2. Close the cooker,bring to full pressure on high heat,reduce heat and cook for 50 minutes.
3. Remove cooker from heat and allow to cool naturally.
4. Open the cooker,partially mash dal with back of a ladle.
5. Place cooker with dal on low heat,simmer to obtain a creamy consistency for 7 minutes,stirring occasionally.
6. For tempering,heat heat ghee in a pan for about 1 minute.Mix onion and fry till transparent.Mix ginger and continue frying till onion is golden brown.Remove pan from heat ,add chilli powder and pour evenly over dal and serve hot....