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Dal Makhani Recipe (Authentic Punjabi Style)

Name: Dal Makhani Recipe (Authentic Punjabi Style)
Prep time: 480 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 540 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: ¾ cup or 140 grams whole urad dal ((whole black gram) ); ¼ cup or 40 grams rajma ((kidney beans)); 3 cups water (- for pressure cooking); 3 tablespoons butter (- salted or unsalted); ½ teaspoon cumin seeds; 2 to 3 cloves; 2 to 3 green cardamoms; 1 black cardamom; 1 inch cinnamon; 1 tej patta (- small to medium-sized, (Indian bay leaf)); ½ cup or 50 grams onions (- finely chopped); 1 teaspoon or 1 to 2 green chilies (- chopped, or use serrano peppers); 2 teaspoons ginger garlic paste; 200 grams or 2 large tomatoes (- roughly chopped and pureed or 1 cup tomato puree); ½ teaspoon red chili powder (or cayenne pepper or smoked paprika); 2 to 3 pinches nutmeg (- grated or ground nutmeg powder); 1 cup water ( or add as required); ¼ to ⅓ cup light cream ((25% to 30% fat) or half & half or 2 tablespoons whipping or heavy cream); ¼ teaspoon dry fenugreek leaves (- crushed, (kasuri methi), optional); salt (as required); 1 small piece charcoal; ½ to ⅔ teaspoon oil (- any neutral tasting oil); 1 to 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves ((cilantro)); 1 tablespoon light cream ((25% to 30% fat) or few teaspoons of whipping cream - optional); 1 inch ginger (julienne - optional)

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 9h total

Servings

Calories

15% of a 2,000 cal day

293KCAL

Protein

12g24% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat14g

17%

Saturated8g

38%

Unsaturated6g

—

Total Carbs33g

12%

Fiber8g

27%

Total Sugars5g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch20g

—

Sodium401mg

17%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A North Indian lentil curry made with black gram and kidney beans, simmered until creamy with butter and cream. Rich and smoky, best served with rice or bread.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

140 gwhole urad dal (whole black gram) — ¾ cup
40 grajma (kidney beans) — ¼ cup
3 cupswater
3 tbspbutter — salted or unsalted
½ tspcumin seeds
2–3cloves
2–3green cardamoms
1black cardamom
1 inchcinnamon
1tej patta (Indian bay leaf) — small to medium-sized
50 gonions — finely chopped, ½ cup
1 tspgreen chilies — chopped, 1–2, or serrano peppers
2 tspginger garlic paste
200 glarge tomatoes — pureed, roughly chopped, 2, or tomato puree
½ tspred chili powder — or cayenne pepper or smoked paprika
2–3 pinchnutmeg — grated or ground
1 cupwater
¼–⅓ cuplight cream — or half & half or whipping or heavy cream
¼ tspdry fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi) — dried, crushed, optional
salt — as needed
1 piecesmall piece charcoal
½–⅔ tspoil — neutral-tasting
1–2 tbspchopped coriander leaves (cilantro)
1 tbsplight cream — or whipping cream, optional
1 inchginger — julienne, optional

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Method

9h total

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mainindiancurrybeansgluten freevegetarian

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