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Navratna Dal - Mixed Dal Recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
resting time 2 hours
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4
Ingredients
- Rajma/Kidney beans - 1 tbsp
- White Chickpeas - 1 tbsp
- Black Chickpeas - 1 tbsp
- Black eyed Peas/Lobhia – 1 tbsp
- Dried Green Peas - 1 tbsp
- Moong Dal/Green gram - 1 tbsp
- Urad Dal/white lentil - 1 tbsp
- Chana Dal/Split Chickpeas - 1 tbsp
- Toovar Dal/split pigeon peas - 1 tbsp
- Onion – 1 big one finely chopped
- Tomatoes – 2 big ones finely chopped
- Grated ginger – 1 tbsp
- Garlic cloves – 4 Finely chopped
- Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
- Carom Seeds – 1 tsp
- Garam masala – 1 tsp
- Dhaniya Powder/Coriander Powder - 1/2 tsp
- Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
- Turmeric Powder – ¼ tsp
- Salt to taste
- Vegetable Oil – 1 tbsp
- Coriander leaves for garnishing
Instructions
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Clean and soak all lentils and legumes in water for 2 hours.
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Pressure cook soaked lentils with enough of water till its cooked. You should be able to mash lentil between your fingers.
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Add oil in a pan and when it’s warm, add cumin seeds and carom seeds.
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Saute it for few seconds and then add the chopped onions, ginger and garlic to it.
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When onions turn golden brown add tomatoes to it.
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Saute it nicely for few minutes till tomatoes turn mushy.
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Add cooked lentils, garam masala, chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, salt and mix it well. Close the pan and let it simmer for few minutes.
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Garnish some coriander leaves before serving.