Dal Palak (Spinach Dal)

Name: Dal Palak (Spinach Dal)
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Toor Dal; 3 cups Water (For Steaming the Dal); 1 cup Spinach/Palak (Washed & Chopped); 2-3 tbsp Oil; 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds; 1/4 tsp Cumin Seeds; as required Asafoetida; 2 Dried Red Chillies (Broken); 6-8 cloves Garlic; 4 Green Chillies; 1 Sprig Curry Leaves; 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder; 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder; 1 tsp Coriander Powder; As needed Little Black Pepper Powder; As required Little Cumin Powder; 1/4 tsp Garam Masala Powder; 5-6 Pearl Onions (Chopped); 1 Tomato (Chopped); as per taste Salt; as required Water (For required consistency); 1 tbsp Oil; 2 Dried Red Chillies; as per taste Little Red Chilli Powder; 2 cloves Garlic (Minced)-Optional

Rosalyn John @rosalyn_kitchen227

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Dal Palak or Spinach Dal recipe is an Healthy and Delicious Indian lentil based dish. Lentils are essential part of Indian cooking. This dish brings out the richness of lentil with the goodness of spinach with garlic. This dish can be enjoyed with rice as well as parathas or rotis alongwith some homemade pickle, curd and papad.

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Ingredients

1 cupToor Dal
3 cupsWater (For Steaming the Dal)
1 cupSpinach/Palak (Washed & Chopped)
2-3 tbspOil
1/2 tspMustard Seeds
1/4 tspCumin Seeds
as requiredAsafoetida
2Dried Red Chillies (Broken)
6-8 clovesGarlic
4Green Chillies
1 SprigCurry Leaves
1/4 tspTurmeric Powder
1 tspRed Chilli Powder
1 tspCoriander Powder
As neededLittle Black Pepper Powder
As requiredLittle Cumin Powder
1/4 tspGaram Masala Powder
5-6Pearl Onions (Chopped)
1Tomato (Chopped)
as per taste Salt
as required Water (For required consistency)
Second Tempering (Optional):
1 tbspOil
2Dried Red Chillies
as per tasteLittle Red Chilli Powder
2 clovesGarlic (Minced)-Optional

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Steps

1

Firstly, cook the lentils and set aside. I cooked it in a steamer because I wanted the lentils slightly whole. Wash the dal well. Add it to a vessel. For 1 cup dal, add 3 cups of water and steam for 15-20 minutes.
2

Heat oil in a clay pot/pan. Add mustard seeds and allow it to crackle. Add cumin seeds and let it sizzle for few seconds. Add asafoetida.
3

Add the dried red chillies. Now add the chopped garlic and saute lightly for 30 seconds.
4

Add green chillies and curry leaves and saute for sometime. Now add all the spice powders and saute it for a minute. Add the chopped pearl onions and saute it for a minute.
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Next add the chopped tomato and salt and cover and cook till the tomatoes are soft and mushy.
6

Add the washed and chopped spinach leaves and cover and cook for 5 minutes till the spinach gets perfectly cooked. You can add more or less spinach according to your taste.
7

Add the cooked toor dal. Mix it well and cover and cook it for 5 more minutes.
8

Spinach Dal is ready to serve. For second tempering which is optional, heat oil in a tadka pan. Add dried red chillies. Off the flame. Add little red chilli powder and mix it. Pour this tempering over the prepared dal palak. Mix and serve.
9

Serve Healthy and Delicious Dal Palak with paratha, rotis, rice alongwith some homemade pickle, curd and papad.