Showing posts with label Daal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daal. Show all posts

Monday, July 6, 2009

Daal Makhani!


Ingredients :
2 cup whole black urad daal
1/4 cup rajma
1/2 cup tomato puree
1/2 finely chopped onion
1/2 tsp finely chopped garlic
corrainder for garnish
2 pinch of cumin seeds
1/4 turmeric powder
1 tsp rajma masala
1/4 garam masala , red chilli powder and turmeric powder
Salt to taste
2-3 tsp powder


Direction:
1)Soak the daal and rajma for 5-6 hours and pressure cook it for 2-3 whistles.
2)In a pan take oil ,add cumin seeds ,garlic paste ,onion saute it for a while.
3)Add tomato puree and cook for few minutes.
4)Add red chilli powder,turmeric powder,rajma masala powder ,garam masala ,salt and mix it well.
5)Add the cooked daal
6)Add 2-3 tsp of butter and cook it for few minutes.

Serve with Roti or Jeera Rice.


Thursday, January 22, 2009

Daal Dhokli!!


Ingredients :
Daal(Section A)
2 cups of Toor Daal
50 grams of peanuts
1/4 tsp of green chilli paste
2 pinches of turmeric powder
1/2 tsp of red chili powder
1/2 tsp of mustard and cumin seeds
1 tsp of Corrainder-cumin powder
water (as needed)
salt and sugar to taste
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp of chopped cilantro (to granish)

Dhokli(Section B)
1 -1/2 cup of wheat flour
pinch of turmeric powder
1/4 red chili powder
salt to taste

Directions:
1)Knead dough for the Dhokli using ingredients mentioned in Section B and cover it.
2)Pressure cook (4-5 whistles) toor daal and peanuts.
3)Once cooked properly pour it in a large pot and add water ,all ingredients mentioned in Section A.
4)In a small pan take some oil add mustard seeds,cumin seeds,red chili powder,turmeric powder,Corrainder-cumin powder and pour it in the pot(step 3)
5)Mix it well add fresh cilantro and heat it on low gas.
6)Now roll out big thin roti's out of the dough(step 1) and but it in diamond shape.
7)Put the cut dhokli's one by one in the pot and let it cook.
8)Stir occasionally ,once the dhokli starts sticking at the bottom of the pot(tip -this shows that the daal dhokli is ready to eat) remove it from flame.
9)Serve hot with lemon and ghee.