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Sultani Dal

Jan-26-2017
Afroz Shaikh
10 minutes
Prep Time
25 minutes
Cook Time
4 People
Serves
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ABOUT Sultani Dal RECIPE

This recipe is from the book Dastarkhwan-E-Awadh written by Sangeeta Bhatnagar and R.K Saxena

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Easy
  • Eid
  • Awadhi
  • Pressure Cook
  • Boiling
  • Main Dish
  • Gluten Free

Ingredients Serving: 4

  1. 1 cup Tur dal
  2. 1 cup milk
  3. 1/2 cup Cream
  4. 1/2 cup yogurt
  5. 3-4 cloves of Garlic
  6. 1 tsp cumin seeds
  7. 1/2 tsp kesar
  8. 1/2 red chili powder
  9. 1/4 turmeric powder
  10. 2 green chilies
  11. 3-4 dry red Chilies
  12. 3 tsp Ghee
  13. 3-4 green cardamons
  14. 3 cloves
  15. Salt to taste
  16. 1 piece of aluminum foil
  17. 1 piece of red hot coal

Instructions

  1. Wash and soak the tur dal for 10 minutes Pressure cook dal with red chili powder, turmeric powder and salt until dal is cooked.
  2. In a bowl take milk, cream and yogurt and mix well. Make paste of cardamons and cloves and keep it aside.
  3. When the pressure of cooker is released open and drain the extra water if any. Then with back of spoon mash the dal, it should be of thick consistency.
  4. Now place the piece of aluminum foil on top of dal and gently place the red hot coal on it, then pour a tbsp of ghee on the coal and immediately close the lid of pressure cooker at least for 15-20 minutes.
  5. After 15 minutes ope the pressure cooker and carefully remove the coal and aluminum foil from the dal.
  6. Now add the cream, milk and yogurt mixture, cardamons and clove paste and kesar to dal and mix well. Let it simmer for on low heat for 5 minutes.
  7. For tempering heat remaining ghee in the pan and add cumin seeds, dry red chili, 1/4 tsp red chili powder and chopped garlic.
  8. Pour the tempering over the dal and cover the dal with lid. Garnish the dal with slit green chilies. Serve hot with chapati or rice.

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Tanushree Goel
Jan-27-2017
Tanushree Goel   Jan-27-2017

looks great!

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