Dhaba Style Dal Makhani

Name: Dhaba Style Dal Makhani
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 bowl urad sabut; 1/4 bowl Kidney beans; 5 bowls water; 1 onion; 2 tomatoes; 1 " piece ginger; 4-6 pods garlic; 2 tb sp chopped coriander leaves; 2 Green chilli; 4-6 black pepper seeds; 4 cloves; 1 piece cinnamom; 1 black cardamom; 2 tb vegan butter; Cashew cream (made with 12 cashew nuts); 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1/8 tsp asafoetida; To taste salt; 1/4 tsp red chilli powder; 1/2 tsp garam masala

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

New Delhi

#veganlife
#I always use vegan butter and cashew cream in my makhani recipes, and that's what I use in this vegan Dal Makhani. Together, they add the same rich, smooth taste to the vegan makhani without taking away the real flavor of this dish.

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

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Ingredients

30 minutes

4 servings

1 bowlurad sabut
1/4 bowlKidney beans
5 bowlswater
1onion
2tomatoes
1" piece ginger
4-6 podsgarlic
2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
2Green chilli
4-6black pepper seeds
4cloves
1 piececinnamom
1black cardamom
2 tbvegan butter
Cashew cream (made with 12 cashew nuts)
1 tspcumin seeds
1/8 tspasafoetida
To tastesalt
1/4 tspred chilli powder
1/2 tspgaram masala

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Wash and Soak urad dal and kidney beans for 4 hours in 2 bowls of water.
2

Then pressure cook along with remaining 3 bowls of water salt, cloves, cardamoms cinnamom, black pepper seeds and chopped onions and garlic.
3

Soak the cashews in water. Drain the soaking water from the cashews. Blend into cream: Blend on high speed until completely smooth, about 3 minutes.
4

Heat ghee in a wok. Add cumin seeds and asafetida and when cumin seeds splutter put finely grated ginger, green chilli and tomato paste and cook on low flame till it starts leaving sides of wok.
5

Add red chilli powder, garam masala, coriander seeds powder and mix well. Now add boiled dal, vegan butter and cashew cream in it and mix. Cook on low flame till boiling point comes.
6

Serve hot with chapatti or rice garnished with chopped coriander leaves.