Daal Maharani -A simple,mildly spiced and rustic pigeon pea and split black lentil curry.
INGREDIENTS:-
preparation time-5 min
cooking time-10 min
serve-4
- Tuvar daal -1 cup
- Black urad daal with skin-1 cup
- Fresh cream or milk -1 cup
- Lemon juice – 2 t.s
- Chilli powder -1/2 t.s
- turmeric-1/4 t.s
- Grated ginger -1.5 t.s
- Garam masala -1/2 t.s
- Cumin seeds -1/2 t.s
- asafoetida- a pinch
- Salt -1 t.s
- Ghee -2 t.s
PROCEDURE:-
- Mix and soak both the daals for 20 minutes.
- Pressure cook with salt,turmeric, chilli powder, garam masala, lemon juice and 1 glass of water for 3 whistle (or till cooked well) on medium heat.Daal should become soft but not mushy.
- Open the cooker and slightly mash the daal (if not cooked properly in the pressure cooker) now add fresh cream (or fresh milk) and 1 cup water and cook for 5 minutes on low flame.
- Heat ghee in a small pan add ginger,cumin and asafoetida ,when cumin become golden ,add the tempering in the boiling daal.
- Garnish with fresh coriander.
serving suggestions-best with roti ,naan or boiled rice
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looks yummy..bt here its diff 2 find dat dal
Looks incredible and super tempting..
Looks incredible and super tempting..
perfect recipe…looks so delicious n neatly presented!!
Bookmarked!!
This looks super! The photos are gorgeous too!
New kind of dal combo…looks really queen of dals…
Where is the maharaja? 😉
Truly a restaurant recipe. loved it.
Wow that was so inviting….
Delicious n healthy curry…
Lovely and yummy
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bookmarked. great dal recipe
Nicely presented and sounds fabulous!
Very healthy and nice beautiful presentation..
looks very delicious n thick,nice name of dal 🙂
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Love this daal.
Nice combo of dals. Looks yummy and thx for linking.
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Have to try this. Like the combination of tuvar and the whole black gram.
I am getting hungry looking at your food photos.
nice and healthy daal
@Maayeka
ah ok i thought u missed a step. in hotels i have seen dal maharani but never tried. this i got to try this as it would make nice change from usual dal. did u make rice pakodas
Hi..dal looks superb delicious ….
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@ Meena-I have updated the post dear :).thanks for your query and comments..
hey anjana this looks good
i have a query
this milk has to be added after dal is cooked and also do we have to mash the dal or keep it as it is. wud love to make this
wow….lovely preperation…..