Navratna dal – a mix of nine lentils
Navratna dal – a mix of nine lentils

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, navratna dal – a mix of nine lentils. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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

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