Navratan Dal | Mix Dal Tadka

Navratan Dal Recipe is commonly called Mix Dal Tadka is full of protein as 9 kinds of pluses are mixed together.

Here is the video recipe for easy reference:

Below is the detailed recipe as well:

Ingredients:

Chana Dal / Split Bengal Gram - 1/2 cup

Rajma/ Kidney Beans  - 1/4 cup

Kala Chana/ Brown Chick Peas- 1/4 cup

Chole/ White Chick Peas - 1/4 cup

Matar/ White Peas - 1/4 cup

Urad Dal / Black Gram - 1/4 cup

Lobia / Cowpea - 1/4 cup

Masoor dal/ Red Lentils - 1/4 cup

Green gram dal - 1/4 cup

Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp

Tomato Puree- 2-3 tbsp

Salt, Red chili powder, Turmeric powder - As per taste

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Coal pcs - a small

Method:

1. Soak all the pulses mixed together for 4-5 hrs.

2. In a pressure cooker, heat 1 tsp desi ghee or oil and splutter cumin seeds. Saute ginger garlic paste.

3. Add tomato puree and cook it till it leaves oil. Add all pulses along with spices. Add desiered water. 

4. Pressure cook for 15-20 min.

5. Simultaneously prepare the tempering by heating desi ghee and put coloured red chili powder. Add this in the prepared dal.

6. As a final touch, burn coal pcs in flame, till it turns red. Put this red hot coal pcs in dal and top with desi ghee. Cover the container with plate so that the flavours of coal gets infused in dal. 

7. After 2 min remove the coal pcs from dal and serve hot.