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Shajahani Dal |
Cooked chickpeas are blended and cooked with coconut milk and cream. You can guess how the taste would be. This dal is thick, creamy and full of aroma. I have adapted this recipe from Tarla Dalal’s Cookbook. You can also serve this dal as soup and enjoy with rice or roti.
Ingredients :
- 1 cup white chickpeas (kabuli channa) – soaked overnight
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1/4 cup cream (malai)
- 3/4 cup chopped onion
- 2 green chilies – finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp red chili powder
- 1/2 tsp coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- asofoetida – a pinch
- salt to taste
- 2 cloves
- 1/2 cinnamon stick
- 1/4 tsp cardamom seeds powder
- 2 tbsp chopped coriander
Method :
- Pressure cook channa with 2 cup water for 3-4 whistles. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Drain the water completely.
- Grind cooked channa in a mixer to coarse paste. Heat 2 tbsp oil/ghee in a pan or kadhai. Add asofoetida,cloves, cinnamon and cardamom seeds powder.
- Saute a while. Add chopped onions and green chilies. Cook for 2 mins. Add red chili powder. coriander powder and garam masala. Mix well and cook for few secs.
- Add channa puree and salt to taste. Coot it covered on low flame for 5 mins. Add coconut milk and cream.
- Cook it covered on low flame till the dal thickens. Garnish with chopped coriander and serve hot with rice or any indian bread variety.
Dal looks very delicious, would love to try out.
Delicious dal dear, changed ur photo background,nice
delicious dal.. nice clicks.. 🙂
Absolutely yummy dal with chickpeas, a must try recipe.
Yummy and delicious dal, have not tried this before. Will try it soon.
Thanks for sharing, nice click…
This looks 2 me like a must try…yum…
this is new to me .. Lovely name 🙂
yummy yummy dish, dear. great with roti. And, don't forget to drop by "pick quicks" if you wanna have some hearty laugh ! Hope you will be a follower there as well 🙂
Looks so delicious live the recipe..
this dal looks healthy and delicious
Lovely though never made before. Certainly a new recipe and its there in the pipe line to be tried out.
Delicious dal, good with any roti.
I have never heard of this sort of Dal before, very unique and am sure must be delicious..
So glad to follow you Jopreet, hope to see some more such recipe ideas from you 🙂
As I read the list of ingredients I noticed that these ingredients are of easy access and I can try making this 🙂 Everything together sounds delicious:)
yummilicious dal….nice clicks
Definitely a new day for me, chickpeas coconut milk, seriously makes a wonderful dish definitely.
Very rich and delicious, a different dish..