Dal Makhani

Ingredients:

• Black grams - 1 cup
• Bengal grams - 1/2 cup
• Kidney beans - 1/4 cup
• Ginger -1 inch piece
  
• Green chilli -2-3
• Butter - 4 tbsp.
• Cream - 2 tbsp.
• Finely chopped tomatoes - 3
• Finely chopped onions - 2
• Garlic- 7,8 pieces
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp.
• Asafoetida - 1 pinch
• Red chilli powder - 2 tsp.
• Salt to taste
  

Method:

• Thoroughly wash black grams, bengal grams and kidney beans. Then soak it in water (2 glasses) for about 7-8 hours .
• Add ginger and garlic to the above. Pressure cook for about 10 minutes.
• Then reduce the heat to 'medium' and cook for about 15 minutes. Remove ginger-garlic from the cooked grams and make a paste.
• Heat 2 tbsp. of butter in a pan.Add asafoetida and cumin seeds in it. Add thinly sliced green chilli.
  
• Heat till it gets slight brown in color.Add ginger-garlic paste and finely chopped onions.
  
• Fry until golden brown.Add chilli powder, finely chopped tomatoes and salt until the mixture thickens into pulpy sauce (about 3 mins).
• Then add cooked grams and kidney beans to the mixture. Heat for 4-5 minutes.
  
• Add little water if it is thick.
• Add the remaining butter and cook for 2 minutes.
  
• Decorate with cream. Serve hot.