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    Home » Vegetarian Side Dishes » Nawabi Dal | Kaali Dal ~ Step by Step

    Nawabi Dal | Kaali Dal ~ Step by Step

    Published: Jan 4, 2013 · Modified: Jul 15, 2022 by Srivalli · 10 Comments

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    For the final day of making gravy, I had said one should not make a sambar or regular tadka dal. Well to be honest I completely forgot that there are other bloggers from North, for whom Sambar would not be an everyday affair. I wanted to amend for the overlook, hopefully the other weeks folks can take advantage of my very late enlightenment.
    Anyway coming to the dish, this is something that one of my online group friends shared. The original recipe makes use of either black masoor dal or whole green moong dal. I ended up making it with whole Urad dal as I wasn't able to get hold of masoor dal in the maze that's called my freezer. The process makes the dal to be little more sticky because of urad dal, I am sure the masoor dal would have given a different texture. Nevertheless, the dal ended up being very tasty, albeit some opposition from hubby dear who can't eat non spicy food. This is sticky for people who love dal as mild and non spicy.
    The fact that this dal calls for mint and other spices might attribute to the name being given as Nawabi Dal. I made sure this is rich by tempering with butter. Well not everyday affair though. I served it with Gajar Matur Pulao, later saw that it tasted great with chapati as well.
    As I said it was a crazy day with me trying to cook under five different dishes. I had to get the next theme ready or else I never get around making it.



    Pressure Cooker Method
    Cooking Time : 30 mins
    Nawabi Dal
    Ingredients Needed:
    Whole Urad Dal - 1 cup
    Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp
    Red chilli powder 2 tsp
    Salt to taste
    Turmeric powder 1 tsp 
    Amchur powder - 1/2 tsp 
    Grated Ginger 1 tsp 
    Green chillies, chopped - 2 
    Mint leaves 2 tsp
    Butter - 2 tsp
    Red chillies - 2
    Garlic - 2 cloves
    How to make the Dal
    Wash and soak the urad dal for an hour or so. Take it in a pressure cooker along with chilli powder, salt, ginger garlic paste and turmeric powder. Cover and cook until dal is done. It almost took me some 6 - 7 whistles. Churn to get the dal mashed well.
    Continue cooking on slow flame, add mint leaves, chillies, amchur and ginger and cook for a minute.
    Heat butter in a pan and fry red chillies and garlic and add to dal.
    Cover and cook for 2 mins. Serve hot with rotis/paranthas. 

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    Nawabi Dal | Kaali Dal ~ Step by Step

    Course Main Dish – Gravies
    Cuisine North Indian
    Author Srivalli
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    1. Nivedhanams Sowmya says

      January 05, 2013 at 1:04 am

      wow that is so delicious!!!! love this one!!!

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    2. Padmajha PJ says

      January 05, 2013 at 10:06 am

      This too is in my to -do list but I never get around making this. Nice one Srivalli..

      Reply
    3. Priya says

      January 05, 2013 at 11:36 am

      Thats a super nutritious,thick dal.. Highly irresistible.

      Reply
    4. Archana Potdar says

      January 05, 2013 at 1:09 pm

      Super delicious. Love ur bowls

      Reply
    5. The Pumpkin Farm says

      January 05, 2013 at 4:50 pm

      i love to make the kaali dal (maa ki dal ) quite often, i use comibnation of dals though...ur recipe is very nice and interesting

      Reply
    6. Pavani says

      January 06, 2013 at 11:48 pm

      That dish sure looks rich, creamy and delicious--true to its name.. Yumm!!

      Reply
    7. Jayashree says

      January 07, 2013 at 6:30 am

      This is a very rich and tasty dal.

      Reply
    8. thoushaltcook says

      January 07, 2013 at 7:58 am

      I generally add dhuli masoor to this version to get that glorious base 🙂 GOod one.

      Reply
    9. preeti garg says

      January 09, 2013 at 12:32 pm

      Wow.. look wonderful

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    10. Suma Gandlur says

      January 12, 2013 at 7:24 pm

      That looks Nawabi. 🙂
      I was wracking my brains since I chose this theme. I had to cook with pulses and chole / rajma was out of the picture as I had posted them and still don't know what I am going to come up with. 🙂

      Reply

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