Name: Dal Sultani : Nawabi Creamy Lentil recipe by Ruchika Sapra at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 cup arhar / tuvar dal; 2 cups water; Salt (to taste); 1 teaspoon red chilli powder; 1 cup curd; 1 cup milk; 1/2 cup malai (milk cream); 10 cloves; 1 black cardamom; Coal piece; 1 tablespoon ghee; For tadka :; 1 tablespoon ghee; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 3-4 cloves garlic (chopped); 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder; For garnishing :; 1 green chilli (sliced)

ABOUT Dal Sultani : Nawabi Creamy Lentil RECIPE

A very famous recipe from my mom's kitchen. Though there are numerous recipes that my mom makes and are my favorite. But this one tops the list. It is a shahi dal that Mughals used to make.

Ingredients Serving: 2

1 cup arhar / tuvar dal
2 cups water
Salt (to taste)
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
1 cup curd
1 cup milk
1/2 cup malai (milk cream)
10 cloves
1 black cardamom
Coal piece
1 tablespoon ghee
For tadka :
1 tablespoon ghee
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
3-4 cloves garlic (chopped)
1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
For garnishing :
1 green chilli (sliced)

Instructions

Wash the dal and add it in pressure cooker with water, salt and red chilli powder.
Cook for around 3-4 whistles.
Take a bowl. Add milk, curd and cream. Whisk well.
Dry roast cloves and black cardamom. Grind it to fine powder after roasting them.
Mash the dal with the back of ladle. Add to it the curd cream mix and roasted powder.
Heat a coal piece. Put it in bowl. Add one tablespoon ghee over the heated coal piece and put it in dal. Cook covered on sim for 10 minutes.
For tadka, heat pan. Add ghee. Add cumin seeds, garlic and red chilli powder.
Pour the tadka over daal. Garnish with green chillies.

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