You might also like these recipes for vegan dal makhani, the best Indian dal, and dal tadka. This Instant Pot Vegan Dal Makhani is one of my new favorite recipes. In the past, making dal makhani, a popular Indian restaurant dish that no doubt many of you have already eaten at some time or another, entailed soaking the beans (at least the red kidney beans) overnight, pressure cooking them separately with the lentils, and then putting it all together. For this one-pot makhani, I can do away with all of that annoying stuff. And I can have dinner on the table in under an hour. I have shared dal makhani recipes with you, including an authentic, slow cooked vegan dal makhani that is as close to the dairy-based version as you can get, and versions made in the slow cooker and pressure cooker. To make this Instant Pot dal makhani, I don’t veer too far from the traditional recipe, except, of course, to make it vegan (which the original is not– makhani in Hindi means “buttery”). Our favorite way to eat this Instant Pot dal makhani it is with basmati rice, and/or roti. Serve with jeera aloo, baingan bharta or bhindi masala on the side for a fantastic Indian dinner. Check to get new recipe updates by email.
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