Dal Maharani/For Blog Hop Wednesday

Time for Blog Hop Wednesday which I was eagerly waiting for. Today my partner is Vaishali @ Ribbons's to Pasta's. She is multi talented person. I loved all the dishes from her blog and I would like to try too.  For this month's Blog Hop I tried Dal-e-Maharani   for yesterday's dinner and it was a super hit.

Ingredients

Saboot Urad Dal                     One Cup

Turmeric Powder                     1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds                             2tsp

Poppy Seeds                            1 Tbsp

Whole Red Chillies                     4-5

Green Chilly                                 2

Garlic                                          5-6

Ginger juellines                           1 Tbsp

Pure Ghee                                  3 Tbsp

Curd                                           2 Tbsp

Tomato Chopped                        1

Garam Masala                             1 tsp

Paneer Cubes

Method

Pressure cook the dal with salt and a pinch of turmeric at least for 45 minutes on slow fire.

Make a paste of poppy seeds, whole red chilly, garlic cloves and one tspoon of cumin seeds. Set aside.

For the tempering heat ghee in a pan. Add cumin seeds, green chilly, ginger and ready paste. Saute it for a minute. Now add chopped tomato, turmeric powder, curd and garam masala. Cook for about two minutes or until ghee separates from tomatoes. Add Cooked dal and mix well. Cook for another 15 minutes on slow fire.

Add paneer cubes. Garnish with fresh cream, chopped coriander and green chilly and served.

Enjoy with tandoori parantha or nan.