Dal Palak | Home style palak dal | Dal Recipes
Author: Vindhya Desai
Recipe type: Lunch
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 3-4 people
- 200 Gm palak/spinach
- 1 Cup boiled toor dal
- 1 + ½ Tbsp oil
- ½ Tsp jeera
- 1 finely chopped onions
- 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
- Salt to taste
- 1 puréed tomato
- ¼ Tsp red chilli powder
- ¼ Tsp turmeric
- ½ Tsp garam masala
- ½ Tsp crushed kasuri methi
- Boil/pressure cook toor dal till soft, mash and keep aside
- Wash palak in plenty of water, drain well
- Heat ½ Tbsp oil in a pan, add washed and chopped palak, let it wilt
- Once palak cools down, grind into a rough puree or chop finely, keep aside
- Heat oil in a pan, add jeera and let them splutter
- Saute ginger-garlic paste and chopped onions
- Add puréed tomato and mix well
- Add turmeric, red chilli powder and garam masala and mix well
- Tip in chopped/puréed palak and mashed dal and mix
- Add salt to taste
- Sprinkle kasuri methi and boil for 1 more minute
- Serve hot with rice or chapathis
You can only add kasuri methi at the end and skip tomato if you prefer or vice versa
This dal can also be made without ginger-garlic but is good for digestion and of course adds a lot of flavour
Mung dal palak also tastes really good and I generally make Karnataka style palak tovve
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/dal-palak/
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