Dal Banjari

Ingredients

• • Black gram (whole, with skin) - 250 grams
• • Garlic (cut into thin round pieces) - 6 flakes
• • Ginger (cut into long thin stripes) - 1 teaspoon
• • Chilly powder - 1 ½ teaspoons
• • Salt - as required
• • Water - 7 cups
• • Ghee - 1 tablespoon
• • Cream (fresh, whipped) - ¼ cup

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Ingredients For Garnishing

• • Onion (cut into small pieces) - 1
• • Green chillies (cut into round pieces) - 3

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Method

• 1. Fry the garlic in ghee add water and ginger.
• 2. Put dal in it.
• 3. Add chilly powder, salt and cook in pressure cooker for 15 to 20 minutes after the whistle sound.
• 4. Remove the cover and cook in a low heat for 20 more minutes.
• 5. Add cream and cook for two more minutes.

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Method To Make Garnishing

• 1. Heat one table spoon of ghee in a pan add half a Teaspoon of jeera, mix onions and chillies, fry till brown.
• 2. Pour over dal and serve hot accompanied with lime.

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Variation - Dal Makkani

• • Use soaked rajma, black masoor, urad and green gram in the above recipe.
• • Pressure cook for ½ an hour.
• • Add little butter while frying and just before serving.