dal bukhara recipe
Servings 2 servings [approx]
Ingredients
- ½ cup whole black gram / kali urad dal
- 2 cup water to soak dal
- 1 cup water to boil dal
- ½ cup water for the final dal mixture
- 2 tbsp oil
- a pinch of cumins
- ¼ tsp ginger chopped
- 1 tsp garlic chopped
- 2 medium green chilies
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 2 medium tomatoes puree
- ¼ tsp garam masala
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp red chili powder
- salt to taste
- ⅛ tsp chat masala
- ½ tsp kasoori methi
- ½ cup fresh cream
other:
- 1 charcoal
- ½ tsp ghee /clarified butter
Instructions
- soak your dal for 4-5 hours at least.
- Add dal to the pressure cooker and pressure cook it for 5-6 whistles.
- heat oil in pan.
- add cumin when they crackle, add ginger.
- add green chilies and garlic.
- add chopped onions.saute it for a while.
- add tomato puree.
- add garam masala, turmeric powder and red chili powder.
- add coriander powder and salt to taste.
- add kasoori methi.
- mix and cook the mixture for 3 mins.
- add boiled dal.
- add some water and mash a little bit.
- boil the dal for 25-30 mins on medium flame.
- add fresh cream .
- you can serve the dal as it is or after ading charcoal flavor to the dal.
Notes
how to bring charcoal flavor in dal bukhara:
- secure firmly a small piece of the coal between a tong.
- heat it in the flame till it becomes red hot.
- Method-1
- now place the red-hot coal in a small steel bowl. place this bowl on top of the cooked dal bukhara in the cooker.
- Method - 2
- place some onion slices on dal as shown in the video and place the red-hot charcoal on onion slice.
- pour a few tsp of ghee (oil or butter) on the coal and quickly cover the lid of the cooker tightly.
- keep for a few minutes and then open the lid.
- if you want a pronounced charcoal flavor in the dal bukhara, then you have to keep for a few minutes more.
