Daal Makhni

Hi Friends, was bit busy in office so was not able to upload more dishes in the week, but now as its weekend so am here with a easy to make and tempting daal makhni recipe

Ingredients

Whole black lentil (sabut kali uradh) – 1 ½ cup

Red Kidney (Rajma) – ½ cup

Onion – 1 cup

Tomato - ½ cup

Ginger – 1 tbsp

Garlic – 1 tbsp

Cumin Seed (jeera) – 1 tsp

Turmeric – ¼ tsp (optional)

Coriander powder – 1 tsp

Red chili powder – 1 tsp

Cream – ½ cup

Salt

Clove powder – ½ tsp

Temper

Red chili (sabut sukhi lal mirch) – 1

Coriander (whole coriander seeds) – 1 tsp

Cinnamon stick – 1

Cloves – 4

Cardamom – 2

Garnishing

Coriander leaves

Green chili

Cream

Method

Boil the soaked Lentil and red kidney in the cooker by adding the cinnamon stick, cloves and cardamom.  Give at least 6 whistles so that the lentil will be mushy.

Using the spatula mash the lentil.

In a pan, heat the oil , add Cumin seed, when the seeds starts cracking, add whole red chili and ginger garlic paste , cook it for 2 min then add Onion and cook it for at least 4 min , when the onions became little brown add tomatoes with all the dry spices (turmeric, coriander powder, red chili powder, clove powder and salt), cook the mixture till it start leaving oil.

Add the lentil mixture and give it a stir, add water and bring a boil, now add cream and cook it for another two minutes.

Now transfer the daal into a bowl and garnish it with coriander leaves , green chili and cream.

Serve it hot with naan or zeera rice.