Dal Bukhara, a rich, flavorful lentil preparation made famous by the ITC Maurya Hotel in New Delhi can be rightly called as the close cousin of Dal Makhani. The major difference is unlike dal makhani, Dal Bukhara is made only with whole black gram (urad dal) sans kidney beans (rajma). The robustness in a Dal Bukhara recipe is brought by slow-cooking it overnight on low flame.