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Indian Cuisine

Ingredients:
For dal:
2 cups rajma beans.
soaked in water overnight with a pinch of soda bicarb,
3/4 cup whole black gram (urad).
soaked in water overnight with a pinch of soda bicarb,
3 onions, chopped finely.
2 tomatoes, chopped finely.
2 tsps garam masala powder.
2 tsps chilli powder.
1 tsp turmeric powder.
1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste.

2 green chillies, slit lengthwise.
2 tbsps cream. 4 tbsps ghee.
1 cup coriander leaves, chopped finely.
Oil.
Salt to taste.

For dumplings:
5 cups whole wheat flour, sieved.
1 cup ghee, melted.
2 tbsps curd.
Salt to taste.

Method:

• Pressure cook rajma and black gram till soft.

• Heat 4 tbsps oil. Add onions. Brown them.

• Add ginger-garlic paste and tomatoes. Fry. Add all the masalas, beans and salt.

• Simmer till well blended. The gravy should be thick.

• Pour over cream and ghee.

• Knead a soft dough with flour, ghee, curd, salt and just enough water.

• Roll into lemon-sized balls.

• Cover and keep for one hour.

• Then roast in batches on hot coals till puffed and golden outside and spongy inside.

• Keep hot.

• Garnish the dal with coriander leaves and slit green chillies.

• Dip hot dumplings in the dal while eating.