Prep Time: 08 Hours

Cook Time: 02 Hours

Servings: 3-4 Servings

Preparing this world famous Indian culinary delight without the “makhan” (butter) may quite be difficult to imagine! You gotta try it to believe it. The dal enriched with cashew cream (instead of any dairy option) turns out to be so creamy and yummy that you would not want to wait for an occasion to make it! We tried it on our friends, and they could not tell the difference. So go ahead and let us know what you think.Here in the recipe the daal is soaked overnight and cooked for 2 hours (traditional cooking involved cooking this version of daal for long hours). If you are in a hurry, do soak at night, but you can use the pressure cooker to cut down the cooking time. Do remember though, cooking without pressure cooker retains the nutritional profile of the foods.

Ingredients

• Urad Sabut (Black grams): 1 cup
• Rajma (Red Kidney Beans): ¼ cup
• Star Anise: 1
• Cloves: 2
• Cinnamon sticks: 2 pieces
• Tomatoes: 4
• Garlic Cloves: 3-4
• Ginger
• Cashew nuts: Handful
• Red Chilli Powder: 1 tsp
• Coriander powder: 1 tsp
• Rock salt as per taste

Method

• Soak black dal and rajma together overnight.
• Strain the water, place the dal mix in a vessel, add 2 cups of water.
• Add Star Anise, Cloves and Cinnamon sticks to the ingredients and allow the dal to boil for atleast 2 hours. This is the traditional way. You could pressure cook also.
• Grind tomato and garlic together.
• Heat a pan, and transfer the tomato-garlic paste to the pan and keep cooking.
• Add red chilli powder, coriander powder to the above mix and saute well in a low flame.
• Blend the soaked cashews and make cashew cream.
• Add grated ginger to the tomato masala and saute well.
• Now add the cooked dal and rajma to the masala mix and leave it in simmer for few minutes.
• Add the cashew cream to the dal mix and you will notice a change in color of the dal mix
• Allow the whole mix for 10-15 minutes

Ghee free complete vegan dal makhani is ready to eat!!

Eating Guide:

Food group: Legumes & Nuts
Lentils can be easily combined with other food groups (except dairy and fruits). Dairy should be eaten alone, not combined with other food groups, else it creates a much heavy digestive load on our body
Replacing nuts instead of dairy, ensures you are eating as per your body’s design and also adding more whole foods to your plate

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