Saturday, 27 October 2012

Dal Makhani

Never knew Dal Makhani can prepared so easily. My dish was praised by everyone who had it and because of that i thought of sharing with every one.

Ingredients:


-1 onion finely chopped
-1 cup tomato puree
-1/2 cup rajma (kidney beans)
-1/2 cud sabut kala urad dal (whole black gram)
-5 tbsp butter
-1 tbsp jeera (cumin)
-1 tbsp salt
-1 tbsp turmeric
-1 tbsp red chilli powder
-4 elaichi (cardamom)
-4 lavang (cloves)
-1 inch dalchini (cinnamon)
-1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
-2 tbsp coriander finely chopped
-1/2 cup cream
















Preparation:


1. Wash and soak rajma and dal over night. Drain the water and put it in a pressure cooker with 1/2 tbsp turmeric, 1/2 slat and 6 cups of water.

2. Put it on high flame till the you get the first whistle, after which simmer and cook it for 35-40 minutes.

3. Heat butter in a pan and add jeera,cloves,dalchini and elaichi. Now add onion, turmeric,ginger garlic paste and salt. Saute till onion becomes transparent. At this stage add the tomato puree and cook till the oil  gets separated from the mixture.

4. Coarsely mash the pressure cooked rajma and dal. Add this to the tomato mixture and cook for 5 to 6 minutes. (if you fine the mixture is becoming too thick, you can add 2-3 cups of water)

5. Lastly add chopped coriander and cream. Sever with love.



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