Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 c Black whole gram beans 1/2 ts Red pepper
2 tb Red kidney beans 2 ts Salt
1 c Chopped onions 6 tb Ghee
2 tb Chopped ginger 4 tb Ghee
3/4 c Chopped tomatoes 1 1/2 ts Cumin seeds
1 c Water 1 c Minced onions
1/2 ts Ground cardamom 1/4 c Coriander leaves, chopped
1 tb Ground coriander

Wash the gram beans. Place both the grma beans kidney beans in a large
pot. Add 4 cups of water bring to a boil. Turn off heat let sit for 2
hours. Add the onions, ginger, tomatoes, 1 cup water, cardamom, coriander,
pepper, salt 6 tb ghee. Mix well, bring to a boil simmer for 4 1/2 to
5 hours. Keep the heat very low so that you maintain a bare simmer during
the cooking period.

After cooking, remove 2 to 3 cups of the beans blend them till smooth.
Return to the pot. Keep the dal on a low simmer.

Heat ghee add the cumin seeds when ghee is very hot. After 10 seconds,
add the minced onion cook gently for 10 minutes, stirring constantly.
Pour over the dal mix in the coriander. Simmer till heated through.

Serve with Royal Vegetable Rice Casserole.

Julie Sahni, "Classic Indian Cooking"

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