Name: Lentils with spiced butter
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 2.5-5 ml/½-1 tsp chilli powder; 2.5 ml/½ tsp sugar; 5 ml/1 tsp salt, or to taste; 50 g/2 oz/⅓ cup canned red kidney beans, drained and rinsed; 150 g/5 oz tomatoes, skinned and chopped; 2-3 whole fresh green chillies; 50 g/2 oz/4 tbsp butter; 30 ml/2 tbsp tomato purée (paste); fine julienne strips of fresh root ginger and fresh tomato, to garnish; 10 ml/2 tsp ginger purée; 150 ml/5 fl oz/½ cup double (heavy) cream; 175 g/6 oz/¾ cup whole black lentils (urid dhal); 10 ml/2 tsp garlic purée

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

North India’s most famous lentil dish, Dhal Makhani, is made with black lentils, known as urid dhal. They are available in Indian stores and some large supermarkets. No north Indian wedding banquet or special occasion meal is complete without this fragrant and satisfying dish.