Dal makhni is a litterally authentic famous Punjabi food which is prepared by black urad dal wiich is simply called as the kali dal also.

Dal makhni sometimes can be prepare with only kali dal ( black lentils) or sometimes in dal makhni we can add chana dal ( Bengal gram) or rajma ( kidney beans) . The recipe can be prepare with the both ways.

It is vary from region to region regarding making of the dal makhni and it is actually famous recipe of north India, Punjabi, Delhi and soon.

It is touted as the modern lentils recipe with some traditional values and taste has been added here. Alongside, black urad dal and some other pulses, we add butter, cream and some masala in this recipe in order to make it delicious and the tasty.

The cream is add here in order to give it creamy texture and the recipe is goes well with both rice and roti. Now a days, the recipe is getting popularity in the other parts of the india alongside punjab and North India. Well, it is also the recipe is a global recipe turn To be and enjoy the Indian diaspora of the abroad Also.

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Similar dishes like dal makhni is some other dishes, like paneer makhni, butter chicken, butter paneer and so on. Overall, u can say, all above mentioned recipes are having their own story and own history which is difficult to mentioned here, but I heard somewhere that the dis discovery of the recipe #dalmakhni was happened around the time of partition, gradually the recipe get popularity in the whole world.

Well, in india different regions have different types of favorite dal, like in Bengal chana dal and matar dal is famous, in bihar rahar dal is famous, in UP Matar is famous and in MP all types of dal is famous. Simmilary, in punjab and in Delhi black urad dal is famous and pulses like rajma and chole and lobia is famous.

In Conclusion

Though, chole means cheackpea is also famous in south and in kerala black gram ( kala chana) is famous. Kali dal is also known as mash ki dal and maa ki dal which is stable food of punjab and in punjab and some parts of Pakistan dal makhni is relished much like the way in bengali household fish curry is being enjoyed.