Navratna dal – a mix of nine lentils. So, navratan dal is a mix of nine lentils and legumes. It is extremely good for health and power packed food. So, sharing an easy recipe to make delicious natvrtna dal today. Navratna dal – a mix of nine lentils

You can cook Navratna dal – a mix of nine lentils using 20 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Navratna dal – a mix of nine lentils
  1. You need 2 tablespoons of white kidney beans (soaked overnight).
  2. You need 2 tablespoons of chickpeas (soaked overnight).
  3. Prepare 2 tablespoons of black-eyed pea (soaked overnight).
  4. It’s 2 tablespoons of black gram (soaked overnight).
  5. You need 2 tablespoons of chana dal.
  6. Prepare 1 tablespoon of toor dal.
  7. Prepare 1 tablespoon of masoor dal.
  8. Prepare 1 tablespoon of split urad dal.
  9. You need 1 tablespoon of split moong dal.
  10. Prepare of Masala.
  11. Prepare 1 teaspoon of olive oil.
  12. Prepare 2 of onion (finely chopped).
  13. Prepare 2 of tomato (blended to paste).
  14. You need 1 of green chili (finely chopped).
  15. You need 1 (1 teaspoons) of ginger garlic paste table spoonturmeric powder.
  16. Prepare to taste of salt.
  17. It’s 1 tablespoon of chole masala (or to taste).
  18. It’s 1/2 of lemon (juiced).
  19. It’s 2 teaspoons of cumin seeds.
  20. It’s 1 tablespoon of mint leaves paste (yeah, thats the magic ingredient).

Dal is a staple food in Indian homes and is served every day. It is as creamy as Dal Makhni without the use of cream in it. It is a healthy dish that provides a good amount of protein to your body. Navratna DAal and Millet Adai is a protein-packed South Indian dish that consists of nine kinds of lentils and pulses in it.

Navratna dal – a mix of nine lentils step by step

  1. In a pressure cooker, add in all the lentils, along with 4 cups of water, turmeric and salt, cook for about 15 minutes..

  2. While the lentils are cooking, take a wok, put a teaspoon of olive oil, once heated, add cumin and green chilies and cook for few seconds..

  3. Add the onions, and saute on low flame for 5-7 minutes. (Cooking 2 onions in a teaspoon of oil is difficult, is’nt it ?) When the onions tend to dry up, add in the tomatoes and ginger garlic paste, cook for another 5 minutes..

  4. Once the lentils are cooked, add the prepared masala to the pressure cooker, add chole masala and mint leave paste, cook for another 2 whistles..

  5. Allow the steam to escape, open the cooker and drizzle some lemon juice and stir. Garnish with some ghee (if desired). Serve with hot chapatis or parathas..

In this recipe, I have used daals like tuvar, urad, yellow chana dhal, whole green moong, splitted yellow moong, whole masoor, splitted masoor, white chana and rajma. So, navratna dal is a mix of nine lentils and legumes. It is extremely good for health and power packed food. The traditional Navratna Mixture Composed of nuts, raisins and lentils, usually combined with deep-fried gram flour noodle sticks and/or fried cornflakes to provide an interesting contrast in texture and flavour - it is protein packed and absolutely crunchy and delicious! View full recipe at http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/mixed-dal-mixed-lentils/Learn how to cook Mixed Dal (Lentils) Recipe by ManjulaIf you love Indian vegetari.