DAAL MAKHANI RECIPE (Maa Ki Daal) Ingredients:

1 cup whole urad daal (urad sabut) 1tbsp Red kidney beans (Rajma) 1 onion finely chopped 1 tomato finely chopped 1" Ginger piece 2-3 green chilies finely chopped chopped coriander leaves 4-5 flakes Garlic paste 1/2 cup stirred curd 1/2 cup fresh stirred cream (malai) 2tbsp butter 1tsp cumin seeds (jeera) 1/2tsp turmeric powder 1/2tsp Garam masala Red chili powder to taste 1/2tsp dhania powder Salt to taste How to make dal makhni : * Soak rajma in water overnight. * Add water & little salt and pressure-cook Rajma and urad daal till soft fo r about 20-25 minutes. Mash and boil again for 15-20 minutes and add curd and cream to the daa l. * Now in kadhai heat oil, splutter cumin seeds and add garlic paste, fry til l light brown. Add onions and fry till golden brown. * Now add ginger, green chilies and tomatoes and fry till tomatoes soften. * Now add dry masalas (turmeric powder, chili powder, dhania powder & salt) and fry again for a moment. * Add daal and stir on medium flame. As soon as it starts boiling remove fro m the gas. * Sprinkle garam masala powder and garnish daal makhni with coriander and ad d butter. * Serve daal makhni hot. Goes well with laccha paratha, naan or rice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ingredients: 1 cup Whole Urad Daal 1 Onion (finely chopped) 3 Green chilies (finely chopped) 1 tbsp Red Kidney Beans A few Coriander Leaves (chopped) 4-5 flakes Garlic Paste 1 tsp Cumin Seeds 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder 1 Tomato (finely chopped) 1/2 cup Stirred Curd 1/2 cup Fresh Stirred Cream 2 tbsp Butter 1 inch Ginger Piece (chopped) 1/2 tsp Coriander Powder

1/2 tsp Garam Masala Red Chili Powder to taste Salt to taste How to make Dal Makhani: Soak kidney beans overnight in water. Put urad daal and kidney beans with water and a little salt in a pressure cooker and cook for about 25 minutes. Mash the mixture and again cook for 15-20 minutes. Add cream and curd to the daal. Heat oil in a kadhai. Saute cumin seeds and add garlic paste. Fry the paste till light brown. Add onions and saute till golden brown. Add tomatoes, ginger, and green chilies. Fry till tomatoes turn soft. Now add turmeric powder, coriander powder, chili powder, and salt. Fry for a few minutes. Reduce the flame to medium. Add daal and stir. Remove from the flame as soon as it begins to boil. Add garam masala powder. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and add a dash of butter. Serve with naan or hot rice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~