Dal Makhani Recipe (Authentic Punjabi Style)

Name: Dal Makhani Recipe (Authentic Punjabi Style)
Total time: 9 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Punjabi)
Ingredients: 140 g whole urad dal; 40 g kidney beans; 3000 ml water; 45 g butter; ½ tsp cumin seeds; 3 pc cloves; 3 pc green cardamom; 1 pc black cardamom; 1 pc cinnamon stick; 1 pc bay leaf; 50 g onion; 2 pc green chilli; 2 tsp ginger garlic paste; 200 g tomatoes; ½ tsp red chilli powder; ¼ tsp nutmeg; 240 ml water; 100 ml light cream; ¼ tsp kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves); 1 pc salt; 1 pc charcoal; 6 tsp neutral oil; 10 g coriander leaves; 1 pc ginger

Creamy, slow-cooked Punjabi dal made with whole urad dal and kidney beans, butter and cream with a subtle smoky finish.

540 min 375 kcal/serving serves 4

375kcal12gprotein36gcarbs22gfat

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🥣whole urad dal

🫘kidney beans

💧water

🧈butter

🫙cumin seeds

🫙cloves

🥬green cardamom

🫙black cardamom

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About Dassana Amit

Indian vegetarian home cook and founder of Veg Recipes of India

Dassana Amit is an Indian home cook and food writer best known as the founder of Veg Recipes of India, one of the most widely used vegetarian recipe websites for Indian home cooking. The site has built a large following for its thorough, step-by-step approach to regional and pan-Indian vegetarian dishes.

Her recipes focus on everyday vegetarian Indian cooking, including dals, curries, rice dishes, and North Indian staples, built around layered spice blends like garam masala and tempered tadkas. Recipes are generally written for home cooks rather than restaurant technique, with detailed step-by-step photographs and precise measurements that prioritise reliability over shortcuts.

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