Dal Makhani Recipe/Restaurant Style Dal Makhni recipe.

Dal Makhni is a delicious dish made from urad/black lentil and kidney beans with less spices and ingredients it still taste yumm..This is one of the most popular Punjabi dish  very famous in dhabas /road side stalls it goes very well with naans or even with simple steamed/jeera rice...To give restaurant /dhaba touch to this dal makhni i have infused charcoal's smoke to this at the end it gives a nice flavour to this dish .
This dal makhani taste even better the next day..do try it you will love for sure.

Ingredients
1 cup sabat urad/whole black lentil
3 tbsp rajma/red kidney beans
1 onion chopped
1 1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste
2 med tomatoes chopped finely /pureed
1/2 tsp garam masala powder
1 tsp coriander powder
2-3 green chillies chopped
 1 tsp red chilli powder
2 bay leaves
 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
2-3 cardamom seeds crushed
1/2 inch cinnamon stick
1 tbsp ghee/oil
1 tbsp butter
2 tbsp cream

Method

• Soak the black lentil/sabut urad and rajma  in water for 7-8 hours ,I soak it overnight.
• Rinse the soaked lentils .
• In a cooker add the soaked rajma and urad add 3 -4 cups water.
•  Pressure cook the dals for 12 -15 whistles or  20 minutes  till they turn completely soft
• Heat oil add bay leaves ,cumin seeds ,crushed cardamom and dalchini/cinnamon stick 
• Saute for sometimes then add onion and ginger garlic paste  then add green chillies
• Saute till the onions turn soft and raw smell of the ginger garlic paste disappears.
• later add tomato and cook till oil separates.
• Then add  roasted coriander powder and red chilli powder 
• Cook till the masala is very mushy and well mixed
• Then add boiled lentils  add garam masala powder and cook on low flame stirring all the time
• Add about 1/2 cup - 3/4 cup water 
• Add salt and cook on low flame for 15 - 20 minutes.
• Keep stirring in between to avoid the lentils sticking to the bottom of the pan.
• Then add butter and cream and switch off the flame.
• You can serve it hot right away .
• If you want to add the coal smoke ,burn a piece of charcoal till its red hot.
• Take a piece of foil place the foil on the dal makhni and place the burning coal over the foil
• Add 1/2 tsp of oil /ghee on the coal you will see smoke begins to appear,immediately close the vessel tightly with a lid for 3-4 minutes to let the charcoal smoke infuse in the dal makhni.
• Remove the foil out.
• Garnish with some more cream and serve hot with Naan