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  • adjective of a style of food Cooked in a rich sauce containing butter, tomatoes and cream

Etymologies

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Panjabi

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Examples

  • Pass up any dish with paneer (Indian cheese), korma sauce (made with cream) or coconut, any dish with malai (cream) or makhani (with butter).

    The Small Change Diet Keri Gans 2011

  • Yep, comfort!! one actually feels the warmth all over after eating kaali daal and rice! add a generous amount of 'makhan' and u have daal makhani!

    Comfort in a bowl: Kaali Daal and Jeera Chawal Cardamom 2009

  • Pass up any dish with paneer (Indian cheese), korma sauce (made with cream) or coconut, any dish with malai (cream) or makhani (with butter).

    The Small Change Diet Keri Gans 2011

  • The special thali consisted of three veggies of choice or 2 veggies of choice and dal makhani.

    Food City Anjali 2008

  • Funnily enough, the dark, buttery dal makhani, a hymn in praise of the lentil, which had such a powerful aroma I didn't know whether to eat it or dab it behind my ears.

    Restaurant review: Jali 2010

  • The one I have described here of garlic naans, made extra crisp, stuffed tomato curry and dal makhani with jeera rice.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Anjali 2008

  • Domingo says the two items vegans should avoid are the creamy lentil stew dal makhani, and the spinach and cheese dish, palak paneer.

    For vegans as well as vegetarians, a little slice of Nirvana Lavanya Ramanathan 2010

  • The one I have described here of garlic naans, made extra crisp, stuffed tomato curry and dal makhani with jeera rice.

    Meme : Table Talk Anjali 2008

  • The special thali consisted of three veggies of choice or 2 veggies of choice and dal makhani.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Anjali 2008

  • But the V week rolled around, and the summer solstice announced its arrival with the mercury rising sky-high, and I knew that I was in no mood for vegetable makhani.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Nupur 2007

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