[Recipe] Dal makhni

[Vitriola]

I found this on the web, but not only do I not understand half of what they want me to put in here, but anything called 'asafoetida' needs an English translation right quick. What's a gram? Is that what they're calling the lentils?:

Ingredients:

Black grams 1 cup
Bengal grams 1/2 cup
Kidney beans 1/4 cup
Ginger 1 inch
Green chilli 2-3
Butter 4 tbsp.
Cream 2 tbsp.
Finely chopped tomatoes 3
Finely chopped onions 2
Garlic 7-8 pieces
Cumin seeds 1 tsp.
Asafoetida 1 pinch
Red chilli powder 2 tsp.
Salt to taste

Method:

1. Thoroughly wash black grams, bengal grams and kidney beans. Then soak it in water (2 glasses) for about 7-8 hours .
2. Add ginger and garlic to the above. Pressure cook for about 10 minutes (3-4 whistles). Then reduce the heat to 'medium' and cook for about 15 minutes. Remove ginger-garlic from the cooked grams and make a paste.
3. Heat 2 tbsp. of butter in a pan.
4. Fry asafoetida and cumin seeds in it. Add thinly sliced green chilli. Heat till it gets slight brown in color.
5. Add ginger-garlic paste and finely chopped onions. Fry until golden brown.
6. Add chilli powder, finely chopped tomatoes and salt. Cook until the mixture thickens into pulpy sauce (about 3 mins).
7. Then add cooked grams and kidney beans to the mixture. Heat for 4-5 minutes. You can add a little water if you find it too thick.
8. Add the remaining butter and cook for 2 minutes.

Dal Makhni is ready to serve. Decorate with cream.

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

Decorate with cream.

Ah-hahahahahahahahahahhaha!!

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I have a jar of asafoetida if you want to borrow it.

I'm fresh out of grams, though. (sniff)

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BTW, the literal English translation for "asefoetida" is: "Yellow stuff which has little to no taste, but which all Indian recipes throw in there so that you'll have to go to the store and buy it, thus padding those fucking dotheads' cow-loving pockets".

[bruce]

I'm fresh out of grams, though. (sniff)

If you'd stop doing that fucking cocaine you'd have plenty of grams left to sell to your neighbors. And quit sniffing: your septum is going to fall out.

Bruce