Recipe: Appetizing Dal Makhani

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Dal Makhani.

Dal Makhani You can cook Dal Makhani using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Dal Makhani

  1. It's 1 cup of black lentils.
  2. Prepare 1 can of tomato sauce.
  3. You need 1 sachet of dal makhani spice.
  4. It's 2 tablespoon of tomato paste.
  5. It's 1 of medium chopped red onion.
  6. It's 1 tablespoon of ginger garlic paste.
  7. Prepare 2 tablespoon of canola oil.
  8. You need 2 tablespoon of butter.
  9. It's 2 tablespoon of dried fenugreek leaves.
  10. You need 1 tablespoon of chopped ginger.
  11. Prepare 1/2 cup of water.
  12. You need Half of and Half to garnish.
  13. You need of Cilantro to garnish.
  14. You need to taste of Salt.

Dal Makhani step by step

  1. Wash the lentils and add to instant pot.
  2. Add salt, fresh ginger, water (two inches above lentils) and pressure cook for 25 minutes on high.
  3. Heat oil in a pan and sauté red onions.
  4. Add the ginger garlic paste, tomato paste and tomato sauce.
  5. Cook on medium to low flame for a few minutes.
  6. Add the cooked lentils along with the water and cook for 20-25 minutes.
  7. Add the spice mix and continue to stir to avoid dal from sticking to the pan.
  8. Add more water to get to desired consistency.
  9. Add butter, fenugreek leaves and cream towards the end and stir..
  10. Garnish with chopped cilantro.