Lentils with spiced butter

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

Ingredients

175 g/6 oz/¾ cup whole black lentils (urid dhal)
10

Asia
India
Main course
Wedding/Marriage
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Wash the lentils in several changes of water and soak them for 3-4 hours, or overnight. Drain well and put them into a heavy pan with 600 ml/1 pint/