🌟 Mix Daal (Rich, Protein-Packed Comfort Food) A perfect blend of lentils, slow-cooked with desi spices — thick, flavorful & nutritious.
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Mix Daal
A perfect blend of lentils, slow-cooked with desi spices, thick, flavorful & nutritious.
- DifficultyEasy
- CourseMain course
- CuisinePakistani
Ingredients 15
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Instructions 9
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Soak all for 4 hours.
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Add soaked daals to pressure cooker.
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Add 1 chopped onion, 1 chopped tomato, 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste.
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Add spices: 1½ tsp red chilli powder, 1 tsp chilli flakes, salt to taste, ½ tsp turmeric and 1 chicken cube.
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Add 8 cups water, mix well.
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Pressure cook 20-25 mins (medium flame)
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Final touch: check consistency; if thick, add 1 cup water & simmer 5 mins; add coriander, lemon, green chillies, julienne ginger.
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Tarka: heat oil; add sliced onion, garlic, 1 tsp cumin (zeera), whole red chillies; fry golden & pour over daal.
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Serve with rice or roti/naan.
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