DAL MAHARANI RECIPE Ingredients of this recipe: 1/4 cup Rajma 1/4 cup Whole Urad dal 1/4

cup Chana dal 1 Onions, chopped 2 Tomatoes, chopped 3 Green chillies, sliced 1/2 inch Ginger, Grated Salt To taste 1 Pinch Turmeric Powder 1 tsp Red chilli powder Corainder leaves 1 tbsp Handful Butter 1/4 cup Cream 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds

Method to make this recipe: Soak rajma, urad daal and chana dal overnight. Pressure cook the urad dal, chana dal and rajma. Mash them a little. Keep aside. Heat butter in a pan, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds and fry until they splutter. Add ginger and chillies. Fry for few minutes. Add chopped onions and tomatoes. Cook until done. Add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and stir well. Add the mashed dals and boil for few minutes. Add cream, corainder leaves and mix well. Serve the dal maharani hot with roti.

DHABEY DI DAL RECIPE Ingredients of this recipe: 2 - 3 green chillies 1/4 cup coriander leaves 1/4 cup bengal gram divide (chana dal) 8 - 10 garlic flakes 4 tblsp oil 3 medium sized tomatoes 1/2 tblsp cumin powder 1/4 cup red kidney beans (rajma) 1 tblsp red chilli powder 2 medium size onions 1 tblsp kasoori methi 3 tblsp butter 1/2 cup black gram divide (urad dal) salt to taste Method to make this recipe : dhabey di dal : Clean, wash and soak urad dal, chana dal and kidney beans in sufficient water for at least six hours. Take off and finely cut onion and garlic. Wash, take off stem and finely cut green chillies. Wash and finely cut tomatoes. Wash and cut coriander leaves. Remove soaked dals, mix in six cup water and pressure-stir fry for half an hour or until the dals are completely cooked. Meanwhile, heat up oil in a pan, mix in cut garlic, stir-fry briefly till golden brown. Mix in cut onion, slit green chillies and stir fry for four to five minutes or until the onion is golden brown in colour. Mix in red chilli powder, cumin powder and stir-fry briefly. Mix in cut tomatoes and stir fry on high flame heat up for three to four minutes, stirring continuously. Stir in the cooked dals and grease and mix well. Mix in salt, cut coriander leaves and stir fry dal for ten minutes on low heat, stirring occasionally. Crush kasoori methi between the palms, sprinkle on the dals and serve hot.

PUNJABI KADHI RECIPE Ingredients of this recipe:

1 cup Gram flour 1/4 cup Chopped onion 1/4 cup Chopped potato 1 tsp Ajwain. 1 tsp Red chili powder. 1 tsp Chopped ginger. 1/2 tsp Baking powder. Oil for deep frying Salt As per taste 1 cup Kadhi Curd (yogurt) 1/4 cup Gram flour 2 no. Dry red chili whole 1 tsp Turmeric powder. A pinch Asafetida 1 tsp Fenugreek seeds. 2 tbsp Oil. Salt As per taste

Method to make this recipe:

Mix all pakora ingredients except oil and add about cup of water. Mix well. Heat oil in a Kadhai and deep fry vegetable and gram flour mixture after making into small balls. Fry till pakoras are golden brown. Beat Curd/Yogurt and mix gram flour in it. Blend thoroughly so as to ensure that there are no lumps. Add turmeric powder, salt and 3 cups of water. Heat oil in a Kadhai. Add fenugreek seeds and dry red chili. Stir fry for half minute. Add Gram flour and Yogurt mixture. Bring it to a boil and simmer on a slow fire for about 15 minutes. Stir occasionally. Add red chili powder and fried pakoras and again simmer the punjabi kadi for about 5 minutes. Serve punjabi kadhi hot with steamed rice.