Whole Black Gram

Serve- 10 people

                                                         Ingredients:-   

                                   Water :-    6 and 1/2 Cups

 Whole black Gram (washed) :-    1 and 1/4 Cups

                         Kidney beans:-    1/4 Cups (soaked in water for 1 hour and drained)

                  Tomatoes(200gms.):-  2 Medium (blanched and chopped)

                         Ginger(5gms.):-    Cut into thin strips

                      Garlic (6 flakes):-    Chopped

                   Green  Chillies (4):-    Chopped

Whole dry red chillies(kashmiri):-   2

                                          Salt:-   4 and 1/2 tsp

                    Red  chilli  powder:-   1/2 tsp

                                        Ghee:-   1 tsp

                                                                      Tempering

                                Ghee :-   2 tsp

                 Onion(chopped):-  1 small 

                Ginger (chopped):- 5gms

                Red chilli powder:-  1/2 tsp

                                                     Methods:- 

(1) Pour water into cooker. bring to boil on high heat. add black gram and all other Ingredients. except those for tempering, stir once

(2) Close cooker , bring to full pressure on high heat, after some time reduce heat cook for some times

(3) Open cooker and partially mash dal with back of ladle

(4) Place the cooker with dal on low heat . simmer to obtain a creamy consistency, strirring occasionally

(5) For tempering, heat ghee in a pan . add onion and fry till transparent, add ginger and continue frying till onion is golden brown.  Remove pan from heat, add chilli powder and pour evenly over dal.

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