Recipe of Perfect Navratna dal – a mix of nine lentils

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, navratna dal – a mix of nine lentils. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Navratna dal – a mix of nine lentils is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Navratna dal – a mix of nine lentils is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook navratna dal – a mix of nine lentils using 20 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Navratna dal – a mix of nine lentils:

1. Get 2 tablespoons white kidney beans (soaked overnight)
2. Take 2 tablespoons chickpeas (soaked overnight)
3. Take 2 tablespoons black-eyed pea (soaked overnight)
4. Make ready 2 tablespoons black gram (soaked overnight)
5. Make ready 2 tablespoons chana dal
6. Make ready 1 tablespoon toor dal
7. Take 1 tablespoon masoor dal
8. Make ready 1 tablespoon split urad dal
9. Make ready 1 tablespoon split moong dal
10. Take Masala
11. Make ready 1 teaspoon olive oil
12. Get 2 onion (finely chopped)
13. Make ready 2 tomato (blended to paste)
14. Take 1 green chili (finely chopped)
15. Get 1 (1 teaspoons) ginger garlic paste table spoonturmeric powder
16. Make ready to taste salt
17. Prepare 1 tablespoon chole masala (or to taste)
18. Make ready 1/2 lemon (juiced)
19. Make ready 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
20. Get 1 tablespoon mint leaves paste (yeah, thats the magic ingredient)

Steps to make Navratna dal – a mix of nine lentils:

1. In a pressure cooker, add in all the lentils, along with 4 cups of water, turmeric and salt, cook for about 15 minutes.
2. While the lentils are cooking, take a wok, put a teaspoon of olive oil, once heated, add cumin and green chilies and cook for few seconds.
3. Add the onions, and saute on low flame for 5-7 minutes. (Cooking 2 onions in a teaspoon of oil is difficult, is’nt it ?) When the onions tend to dry up, add in the tomatoes and ginger garlic paste, cook for another 5 minutes.
4. Once the lentils are cooked, add the prepared masala to the pressure cooker, add chole masala and mint leave paste, cook for another 2 whistles.
5. Allow the steam to escape, open the cooker and drizzle some lemon juice and stir. Garnish with some ghee (if desired). Serve with hot chapatis or parathas.

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