Dal Makhni Recipe

A Punjabi specialty, Dal Makhni. A combination of Kidney beans (rajma) and Black gram (Kali udad dal).

Ingredients:

• 1/4th cup kidney beans
• 1/2 cup black gram
• salt as per taste
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 onion finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
• 1 tsp finely chopped ginger
• 1 big tomato finely chopped
• 1 green chilly very finely chopped
• 1/4 tsp garam masala powder
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/6th tsp of coriander powder
• 1/6th tsp of cumin powder
• few drops of lime juice

Method:

1. Soak kidney beans and black gram together overnight and then boil them.
2. In a pan add oil and butter. Once it is hot add cumin seeds.
3. Then, add onion, ginger and garlic and let onion turn pink.
4. Then, add tomatoes and green chillies. Add salt.
5. When tomatoes turn little mushy, add turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder. Let them cook properly until oil separates from tomatoes.
6. Add boiled beans and 1 cup of water. Let it cook for 10-12 minutes on low-medium flame.
7. Serve hot with Masala roti or Missi roti.