Serves: 4
Ingredients:
2 cups whole black lentils (cleaned, washed and soaked overnight)
1 Tbsp. cooking oil
1 ½ cups tomato puree
4 Tbsp. unsalted butter
½ cup Fresh cream
5 tsp garlic paste
½ Tbsp. ginger paste
1 Tbsp. red chilli powder
1 Tbsp. Chopped Onions
salt as per taste
Method:
Put the drained lentils in a pan, add 1 litre water and 1 Tbsp. oil and bring to a boil. Reduce to very low heat, cover the pan and let it simmer for about 4 hours till cooked. Add garlic paste, ginger paste, red chillies and salt, and keep on regularly masasafoetida the lentils against the sides with a wooden spatula. Scrape off the lentils that cling to the sides of the pan as the liquid get evaporated and let it simmer for about 1 hour.
Now take a frying pan, add 3 Tbsp. butter and remaining oil, on medium heat. Add chopped onion, saute for two minutes then add tomato puree and saute for 5 minutes , add this onion –tomato mixture to the lentil mixture, continue to mash the lentils against the sides regularly with a wooden spatula. Again scrape off the lentils from the sides and let it simmer for another 1 hour. Stir-in the cream and remove from heat. Adjust seasoning and garnish with remaining butter.
