PALAK DAL (Spinach Dal/Palakoora Pappu)

Name: PALAK DAL (Spinach Dal/Palakoora Pappu)
Total time: 1200 s
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup toor dal; 2 bunches spinach; 1 no tomato; 2 nos green chillies; 2 curry leaves spring; 1 tamarind piece; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp redchilli powder; 1 handfull coriander leaves; 2.5 cups water; to taste salt; 1 tbspn oil; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp hing; 1 tbsp chopped garlic; 2 nos chillies dried red; 1 handfull curry leaves

Divya Swapna B R @cook_7838056

Palak Dal Recipe is another dal recipe made with spinach leaves and toor dal/pigeon peas. 'Palak' is an hindi word for spinach and 'Palakoora' in telugu. This recipe of Palak Dal is very quick and simple which doesn't make you to spend much time in the kitchen.
Actually my kids are not fond of greens very much (me too :P). So,I usually mix the greens with dals and prepare tasty and nutritious dishes.This palak dal tastes great with both roti and rice with a dallop of ghee.
Now to the recipe instead of my boring description. :D :D :P

Divya Swapna B R @cook_7838056

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Ingredients

20 mins

1 cuptoor dal
2 bunchesspinach
1 notomato
2 nosgreen chillies
2curry leaves spring
1tamarind piece
1/2 tspturmeric powder
1 tspredchilli powder
1 handfullcoriander leaves
2.5 cupswater
to tastesalt
1 tbspnoil
1 tspmustard seeds
1 tspcumin seeds
1 tsphing
1 tbspchopped garlic
2 noschillies dried red
1 handfullcurry leaves

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Steps

20 mins

1

In a pressure cooker add washed toor dal and roughly chopped spinach leaves. For a cup of toor dal i have taken 2 medium sized bunches of spinach.
2

Add chopped tomatoes, green chillies and curry leaves.
3

Add turmeric and red chilli powder.
4

Add tamarind and water.
5

Mix it and close the lid. Cook it for 5-6 whistles and turn off the flame.
6

Open the lid after pressure gets released. Add salt and mash it roughly with a 'mathi' (pappuguthi).
7

If excess water is there, simmer it for few more minutes on the fire.
8

Then, In a tadka pan add oil and heat it.
9

Add mustard and cumin seeds.
10

Add hing and few urad dal and saute in a low medium flame. See that hing doesn't get burnt.
11

Now add curry leaves, chopped garlic and red chillies and saute till they get fried.
12

Add the tadka/seasoning to the dal and mix well.
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Garnish it with coriander leaves.
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Serve it with hot steaming rice with a dollop of ghee or with hot rotis/phulkas.
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I have enjoyed it with rice and okra(bendakaya) fry.