Restaurant Style Dal Makhani Recipe – with instant pot and pressure cooker methods.This authentic dal makhani recipe is Vegetarian, Gluten Free & can easily made gluten free.

Who here loves punjabi dal makhni ? I certainly do! It takes patience and love to turn a few cups of dried lentils into creamy goodness of Dal Makhani but it’s so worth the effort.

You don’t need buckets of butter or cream to make authentic dal makhani.In my opinion, you don’t need cream at all except maybe some on special occasions.Though I do put a nice dollop of butter in it but in the large scheme of things it doesn’t add too many calories.

You can avoid butter too if you want your dal to be vegan and dairy free.

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Traditionally the dal is made on stove top, simmered for hours together but we neither have the time or equipment for such a feat.We will make this creamy dream kali dal in 1 hour 20 minutes.

My son loves it.It’s possibly the only way he will eat rice!

Restaurant Style Dal Makhani Recipe

Ingredients used to make dal makhni

The ingredients used in my Restaurant Style Dal Makhani Recipe are pretty simple and very easily found in indian grocery stores.

Black Whole Urad Dal
Small Red Rajma or kidney beans
Channa Dal
Onions
Tomato
Whole Spices – Cumin and Coriander Seeds
Oil
Butter
Cream
Aromatics- Ginger,Garlic & Green Chilli

How to make Dal Mahkni in Instant Pot or pressure cooker

Step 1 – Soak the dal, kidney beans and channa dal in water for 6-8 hours or overnight.

Step 2- Pressure cook the dal, kidney beans and channa dal along with salt and 4 times the water.

Step 3- Browning the onions, ginger, garlic and chillies in little oil.Once golden brown, add pureed tomatoes and cook this till they disintegrate and become mushy.

Step 4- Add the masala to the pressure cooked dals.Give it a mix, pressure cook again for 10 minutes.

Step 5- Mash the dal ,Add butter and mix. Garnish with cream and serve along with rotis or rice.

Pro Tips and Tricks

If you have forgotten to soak the dal overnight, soak it in very hot water for 1-2 hours.This will give you similar results as soaking overnight.
Cook the onion tomato masala well on slow heat, till most water evaporates and it becomes a paste.
Mash the dal to get the creamy consistency.
To make it healthy- only garnish the dal with butter and cream instead of mixing it up.

Dal Makhni Recipe

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Ingredients

1 Cup Black Whole Dal/Urad Dal
1/4 Cup Kidney Beans/Rajma
2 tbsp Channa Dal
1 Cup Onion
1.5 Cup Tomato pureed
1 Green Chilli
1 tsp Jeera
1 tbsp Oil
1 tbsp Butter add more for enhanced butter taste
2 tbsp Cream Skip this for healthier version
Salt to taste
1 tbsp Ginger
1 tbsp Garlic
1 tbsp Coriander Powder
1 tsp Red Chilli powder adjust as per your need

Instructions

Wash and Soak the dals together overnight.

Pressure Cooker Way

Add 3 cups of water,Soaked dals along with 1 tsp of salt in the pressure cooker.
Cook for 30 minutes on medium flame.
Meanwhile, add oil in a pan.Once hot, add cumin and let it splutter.
Add green Chilli,Ginger,Garlic and onions and saute on medium flame for 10 minutes till it’s golden brown.
Add the masalas- Coriander powder and chilli powder.Give it a mix and add pureed tomatoes.
Cook this till tomatoes are mushy.Add 1-2 tbsp of water in case the masala is burning or getting dry.
Add this masala to the pressure cooked dals.Add butter and pressure cook again for 10 minutes.
Open the pressure cooker and give it a good mix.Mash some of the dal.Cook without a lid to make it thicker.
Drizzle cream on top while serving.

Instant Pot Method

To the inner pot – Add 3 cups of water,Soaked dals* along with 1 tsp of salt.Select the PRESSURE COOK setting. Pressure cook in SEALED position for 45 minutes.Let the steam release naturally.
Meanwhile, add oil in a pan.Once hot, add cumin and let it splutter.
Add green Chilli,Ginger,Garlic and onions and saute on medium flame for 10 minutes till it’s golden brown.
Add the masalas- Coriander powder and chilli powder.Give it a mix and add pureed tomatoes
Cook this till tomatoes are mushy.Add 1-2 tbsp of water in case the masala is burning or getting dry.
Add this masala to the pressure cooked dals.Add butter and PRESSURE COOK in SEALING position for 10 minutes.
Open the pressure cooker and give it a good mix.Mash some of the dal.Cook without a lid to make it thicker.
Drizzle cream on top while serving.

Notes

If you forgot to soak the dal you can
1. Soak the dals in boiling water for 1 hour.
2. Increase the cooking time to 1 hour 15 minutes

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