DAL MAKHNI

Ingredients :

Black whole urad dal - 1/2 cup (soaked overnight)
Rajma (optional) - 2 tbsps (soaked overnight)
onion (optional) chopped - 1
Tomato - 3
ginger garlic red chilly paste - 3 tbsps
milk - 1/2 cup
ghee - 1/2 tsp
butter - 2 tbsps
coriander powder - 1 tbsps
garam masala - 2 tsps
salt - to taste
coriander leaves and kasuri methi for garnishing

Method :

Tomato puree :

slit the tomatoes in 5-6 places and steam them till you can see the skin peeling off
remove the skin and puree the tomoto to a fine paste

Moving ahead :

Put both the dals, half the ginger garlic red chilly paste, ghee and cook in the cooker for 5-6 whistles.
once it is cooked, add the milk and slightly mash and keep aside.
in a pan add the butter and saute the onions till it becomes brown
add the balance ginger-garlic-red chilly paste and saute well.
add the tomato puree and salt and saute till the fat oozes out.
add coriander powder and garam masala and saute well
add the mashed dals and keep boiling for a long time on a very small flame.
the longer you cook this dal, the more tastier it gets
garnish with kasuri methi and coriander leaves.