Dal Makhani

******Dal Makhani/Maa ki Dal******

Utterly butterly delicious Dal Makhani! This dish is my personal favorite of all Dal's or Lentils because of its creamy taste and also its nutritional value.This aromatic mildly spicy dish is prepared by a combination of Kidney Beans(Rajma) and Urad dal ,both of which are a high source of Protein and fiber.

How many of you out there might have craved to eat this awesome dish and failed to make it so yummy?I am sure there are plenty.So was i many a times.Finally i have zeroed down to the below recipe after trying it multiple times.YOU gotto try this and i am not gonna make you FAIL this time baby!

I will have to specially thank papa (my father in law) for bringing us this organic urad dal from a tiny village in the Himalayas.I feel sorry sometimes that we have multiplied into such a huge population and it makes it difficult to produce organic food to meet the demand vs supply.

Ingredients

Urad dal - 2 cups

Rajma(kidney beans) - 3/4 cup

chana dal - 1/4 cup (optional)

large onion - 1

medium tomatoes - 2

tomato puree/paste - 1 tsp

ginger/garlic paste - 1/2 tsp

oil - 3 tsp

cumin(zeera) - 1/2 tsp

milk/heavy cream - 1/2 cup

Butter - 2 tsp

salt - as required

green chillies - 4-5

chilli powder - 1/2 tsp

Method

Combine all dal's and soak them overnight. Add 1tsp of salt and boil the mixture with atleast 9 cups of water for 25-30 mins on a medium flame. In a separate pan,heat the oil,add zeera and wait until it splutters.Now add green chillies and ginger garlic paste .Chop the onions as small as you can and fry the onions until they become brown.Now add chopped tomato and cook it till it becomes soft and forms a paste.Add the tomato puree to this mixture and cook it for 5 more minutes.Transfer the boiled dal into this pan and add water if required. Close the lid and cook it on a medium flame for another 15 minutes.

Now add milk or heavy cream and butter to the dal and mix well.Heat this mix on a medium flame for 10 minutes and now reduce the flame to low.Let the dal simmer for another 20 minutes.Keep stirring it in between.Finally after its complete,you can garnish it with some fresh coriander leaves and some heavy cream