This is as close a recipe as I can find to Bombay House’s Dal dish I love so much! Urad (Urid) dal can be bought at an Indian Grocer. I always make this as a compliment to a vegetable dish.
Dal Maharani
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Author: Indianfoodforever.com
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
- ¼ c rajma (red kidney beans)
- ¼ c urad dal (black lentils)
- ¼ c chana dal (yellow split peas)
- 1 onions, chopped
- 2 tomatoes, chopped
- 3 green chillies, sliced
- ½ inch ginger, grated
- salt to taste
- 1 pinch turmeric powder
- 1 t red chilli powder
- corainder leaves
- 1 T butter
- ¼ c cream (or coconut milk to make it vegan)
- ¼ t cumin seeds
- ¼ t mustard seeds
Instructions
- Soak rajma, urad daal and chana dal overnight. Pressure cook the urad dal, chana dal and rajma. Mash them a little. Keep aside.
- Heat butter in a pan, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds and fry until they splutter. Add ginger and chillies. Fry for few minutes. Add chopped onions and tomatoes. Cook until done.
- Add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and stir well. Add the mashed dals and boil for few minutes. Add cream, corainder leaves and mix well. Serve hot.
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