Anyone knows how to make kali dal? I am anxious to learn how to make it. My previous efforts have been extremely poor. My husband even got annoyed. Your help will be appreciated. I really like to eat kali daal myself. I have loved the one at Haldiram and Bengali Sweet house in Delhi. Can you'll help, please?
Ingredients: 1 cup split urad daal (black lentils) 2 large onions sliced thin 2 green chillies slit Salt to taste A pinchof asafetida 2 large tomatoes chopped into cubes 2" piece of ginger jullienned 1 tbsp garlic minced 2 tsps coriander powder 1 tsp cumin powder 1/2 tsp red chilli powder 1/2 cup thickened/ double/ heavy cream, whisked 2 tbsps vegetable/ canola/ sunflower cooking oil 2 tbsps ghee 1 tsp cumin seeds Preparation: Soak the Urad Daal (black lentils) in a bowl of water, overnight if possible. Boil the soaked lentils with 3 cups of water, 1 sliced onion, green chillies, asafetida and salt to taste till they are very tender. In a separate pan, heat the oil and fry the other onion till soft. Add the ginger and garlic and fry for a minute. Add the tomatoes, coriander, cumin and red chilli powders and fry for another 5 minutes. Add the boiled lentils and enough water to make a thick gravy-like consistency and mix well. Simmer for 10 minutes. Pour in the whisked cream and mix well. Turn off the fire. In another small pan, heat the ghee and when hot add the cumin seeds and cook till they stop spluttering. Pour this into the lentils (it will all sizzle) and mix well. Serve hot with a vegetable side dish and Naans (tandoor-baked leavened Indian flatbread) or Butter Chicken and Naans.
