Dal Makhani recipe | Punjabi Dal Makhani recipe | How to make Punjabi Dal Makhani recipe with step by step pictures and instructions. It is one of the famous dishes from Punjab where dal is slow cooked with butter, onions, tomatoes and masala. Dal means lentils and makhani means rich creamy gravy with butter. They generally use black urad dal and rajma for making dal makhani. Punjabi cuisine is so famous for its rich buttery flavor along with cream. Some of the popular dishes from Punjab are Sarson ka Saag, Chole Bhature, Tandoori Chicken, Paneer Butter Masala and the list goes on. We all love these punjabi food and I have tried some of them in home.
Traditionally dal is slow cooked for long hours in open pot to impart the flavors. Nowadays we pressure cook the dal and cook in slow flame for sometime. Butter and cream adds richness and creamy texture to the gravy. If you are diet conscious you can reduce the amount of butter and cream and still it will come good. It goes well with jeera rice or any roti. I noted down this recipe from cookery show long back and finally made it and we all enjoyed this creamy gravy with chapati for dinner.
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Dal Makhani recipe | Punjabi Dal Makhani recipe | How to make Punjabi Dal Makhani
Ingredients
- Black urad dal 1 ¼ cup
- Rajma ⅓ cup
- Onions 2
- Green chillies 2
- Tomato 3
- Red chilli powder 2 tsp
- Turmeric powder ½ tsp
- Garam masala ½ tsp
- Cumin powder ¼ tsp
- Cream ⅓ cup
- Kasuri methi 1 tsp
- Coriander leaves to garnish
To temper
- Butter 2 tbsp
- Bay leaf 2
- Cloves 3
- Cinnamon small stick
- Fennel seeds ¼ tsp
Instructions
- Soak Black urad dal and rajma for 8 hours or overnight.
- Pressure cook the dal for 5-6 whistles and keep it ready.
- Finely chop the onions and slit the green chillies.
- Take tomatoes in blender.
- Blend them to fine puree and keep it ready.
- Heat butter in a wide pan.
- Temper with bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon and fennel seeds.
- Add the finely chopped onions and green chillies and saute till transparent
- Now add ginger garlic paste and saute till raw smell goes
- Then add the tomato puree and mix.
- Now add all the masalas and little water.
- Allow it to cook for 5 minutes.
- Then add the cooked dal and little water.
- Close the lid and allow it to slow cook in low flame for 30 minutes
- Check in between and add more water if required.
- Finally add the cream and kasuri methi and mix for few minutes.
- Switch off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves.
- Dal Makhani is ready.
- Serve the creamy Dal Makhani with roti or rice.
Notes
How to make Dal Makhani with step by step pictures
Soak Black urad dal and rajma for 8 hours or overnight.
Pressure cook the dal for 5-6 whistles and keep it ready.
Finely chop the onions and slit the green chillies.
Take tomatoes in blender.
Blend them to fine puree and keep it ready.
Heat butter in a wide pan.
Temper with bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon and fennel seeds.
Add the finely chopped onions and green chillies and saute till transparent
Now add ginger garlic paste and saute till raw smell goes
Then add the tomato puree and mix.
Now add all the masalas and little water.
Allow it to cook for 5 minutes.
Then add the cooked dal and little water.
Close the lid and allow it to slow cook in low flame for 30 minutes
Check in between and add more water if required.
Finally add the cream and kasuri methi and mix for few minutes.
Switch off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves.
Dal Makhani is ready.
Serve the creamy Dal Makhani with roti or rice.
Challenge for this month in Shhh Secretly cooking challenge FB group is Punjabi cuisine. We have group of food bloggers who are paired up and each one gives two secret ingredients based on theme. Other one needs to cook using those two secret ingredients. My partner for this month was very talented blogger Veena who blogs at veenasvegnation. She has some amazing collection of vegetarian recipes and lot of healthy and nutritious recipes. Check out her space for more interesting recipes. She gave me dal and green chillies as my secret ingredients and I made dal Makhani.I gave her butter and coriander as secret ingredients and she made Nutri-pot rajma masala
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