Nawabi Dal





Nawabi dal is a rich preparation with very high calorific value. This dish is spicy and hot so reduce the quantity of chilies as per your taste.

Ingredients you will need to make Nawabi dal:

Black gram split lentil (urad dal - washed) : one cup

Bengal gram (chana dal) : . . . . . . . . . . . 1/2 cup

Kidney beans (rajma) : . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/2 cup

Ginger paste (adrak) : . . . . . . . . . 1 table spoon

Garlic Paste (lasoon) : . . . . . . . . 2 table spoon

Onion (pyaj) : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (medium) four

Potatoes (aloo) : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . one

Curd (dahi) : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/4 cup

Indian cottage cheese (paneer) : . . 100 grams

Cream (malai) : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 cup

Tomatoes (tamater) : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 to 7

Green chilies (hari mirchi) : . . . . . . . . . . 6 to 8

Turmeric powder (haldi) : . . . . . . . . 1 tea spoon

Cumin seed (jeera) : . . . . . . . . . . . 2 tea spoon

Red chili powder (lal mirchi) : . . . 1 table spoon

Coriander powder (dhania) : . . . . . 1 tea spoon

Black pepper powder (kali mirchi) : 1 tea spoon

Garam masala powder : . . . . . . 1/2 tea spoon

Tamarind paste (imli) : . . . . . . . 1 table spoon

Sugar (shakkar) : . . . . . . . . . 1/2 table spoon

Refined oil (tel) : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/2 cup

Ghee : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 table spoon

Coriander leaves (hara dhania)

Salt (namak) as per your taste

Method of making Nawabi dal

Wash and soak black gram split, bengal gram and kidney beans in a container for six to eight hours.

Add turmeric powder and salt. Add peeled potato and boil it till dal is done. You can also pressure cook it for fifteen to twenty minutes. Mash it with back of a ladle. Also crush potato.

Grind onions and mix it with ginger and garlic paste.

Heat oil in a top and fry cumin seed for a minute. Add onion ginger garlic paste and fry till it is just pink. Add finely chopped green chilies and fry for a minute. Add chopped tomatoes, red chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and curd. Cook for five minutes till tomatoes are soft and then add cream.

Heat ghee in a frying pan and fry paneer till it is just brown. Transfer it in top and pour boiled dal in it. Mix it well and add sugar, black pepper powder and tamarind pulp. Cook Nawabi dal on a very slow flame for fifteen to twenty minutes.

Garnish Nawabi dal with coriander leaves.


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