Dal Makhni

Hello Friends!!

After a long time, I got some time out for you all. :)
So today's recipe is from my North Indian Thali - Dal Makhni, which is very mouth melting and tasty. I would not say that it's healthy, because it has lots of butter, which makes it delicious. But once in a while, one should have buttery and tasty dish.. So let's start with the steps:

Ingredients for Dal Makhni:

• Black gram (whole urad dal) - 200 gm
• Bay leaf - 1
• Black Cardamom (badi ilaichi) - 2
• Cloves - 3
• Black pepper - 3 to 4
• Cinnamon (dal chini) - 1 inch
• Ginger - garlic paste - 2 tbsp
• Onions - 1, chopped
• Tomato - 1 cup, puree
• Onion - 1, paste
• Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
• Chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Butter - 4 tbsp
• Garam Masala - 3 tsp
• Cumin powder (jeera) - 1 tsp
• Coriander powder (Dhania) - 1 tsp
• Coriander leaves, chopped
• Cream
• Water, as required
• Salt, as per taste

Let's follow the steps:

• Soak black gram overnight in 3 cups of water. Soak it atleast for 7 - 8 hours.
• Then wash it with rubbing the gram with hands, it will bring the red color nicely.
• Once done, put black cardamom, cloves, black pepper, bay leaf, salt and gram in cooker. Add 5 cups of water or as required. At least wait for 10 - 15 whistle. Then cook it in a low flame. (Remember dal should be very soft).
•  Take a kadhai(wok), heat oil and also put 2 tbsp of butter. Add cinnamon stick, ginger - garlic paste. Add chopped onion and paste. Fry till it turns golden. Then add tomato puree, coriander powder, cumin powder, chilli powder, turmeric powder. Fry for 5 minutes.
• Now add the boiled black gram. Cook at low flame. Also, add more butter.
• Add more water as required, and bring it to a boil. Add garam masala and mix.
• Once done, put off the flame and add cream & butter as required.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.

Enjoy the dhaba style Dal Makhni!