Punjabi Style Dal Makhani Recipe / How To Make Punjabi Style Dal Makhani

Ingredients :

 For   Dal  : 

1. Whole black urad  dal / Shabut urad dal  - 1 cup

2. Chana dal / Bengal Gram  - 1/2  cup

3. Rajma / Kidney beans - 1/2  cup

4. Water  As  Required

For   Dal   Makhani   Recipe :

1. Onion - 2 ( Peel the  onion  of  skin  and cut into thin  slices )
2. Tomato Puree - 1 cup
3. Salt to taste
4. Turmeric powder as required
5. Sugar - 1 tea spoon ( optional )
6. Ginger Paste - 1 table spoon
7. Garlic paste - 1 table spoon
8. Cumin powder - 1 table spoon
9. Coriander powder - 1 table spoon
10. Kashmiri dry red chili powder - 1 table spoon
11. Gram masala powder - 1 tea spoon
12. Fresh cream - 2 tea spoon
13. Ghee ( clarified butter ) as required
14. Butter - 1 table spoon
15. Curd  ( whisked  ) - 2 table spoon
16. Kasuri Methi - 1 table spoon
17. Fresh  finely chopped coriander leaves - 1 tea spoon 

For Tempering :

1. Bay leaf - 2
2. Whole Cumin seeds as required
3. Green cardamom - 2
4. Cinnamon - 1
5. Cloves - 2

Methods :

1. Wash and clean the dal under running water .

2.  Take a bowl and add enough water . Soak Rajma , Urad dal and chana dal  in enough water for overnight or atleast  8 - 10  hours . Cover and keep a side .

3. Next morning drain the water from soak dal and rinse the dal  running  in water .

4. Take a pressure cooker . Add  soak mixture dal and water . Mix . Cover and close lid to pressure cooker . Pressure cook for 6 - 7 whistles on medium flame . Once is done . Now switch off the flame . Keep a side . Allow to cool .

5. Once pressure cooker is cool . Now open the cover of pressure cooker . Keep a side .

6. Take a pan . Now add  1 table spoon of  ghee and  1 table spoon of  butter . When ghee and butter starts to melt and completely hot . Add bay leaf , a  pinch of cumin seeds , 2 pieces of slit cardamom and 1 pieces of cinnamon and  2 pieces of cloves . Fry till few seconds on low flame .

7.Now add slice onion and fry till  golden  brown . Once onions are done . 

8. Next add tomato puree and mix well . Saute till few seconds .

9. Add turmeric powder , salt to taste and sugar . Mix . Saute till raw smell goes off from turmeric powder .

10. Also add ginger paste , garlic paste , 1 table spoon of cumin powder , 1 table spoon of coriander powder , 1 table spoon of kashmiri dry red chili powder , 1 tea spoon of garam masala powder , 2 table  spoon of  curd , Kasuri methi , 1 tea spoon  of  fresh  finely chopped  coriander leaves  and mix well . Saute till oil starts to separates from the sides of the pan .

11. Next add cooked dal , 1/2  cup  of  water  and mix well . Give a good stir .

12. Meanwhile  dal  starts to thick .

13. Next add cream and butter . Mix well .

14. Switch off the flame .

15. Transfer  Dal  Makhani  to a serving bowl .

16. Serve hot with naan .