Pressure cooking dals:' pick and wash the lentils. take the lentils in a pressure cooker with turmeric powdern salt.

Add 2 to 3 cups of water and pressure cook for 5 to 6 whistles or till the dals become soft and mushy.

Mash the dals very well and keep aside

Making palak dal recipe:- in a pan, heat ghee. fry the cumin and then add the chopped ginger and fry till the raw aroma of ginger goes away.

Now add the chopped chilli and fry for half a minute. fry for a minute.

Now add the chopped spinach. add red chilli powder and asafoetid

Saute for some minutes till the spinach becomes soft and stops releasing water on a medium flame

Now add the mashed lentils now. mix the lentils with the spinach.

Add water around 1 cup depending on how thick or thin you want the dal to be.

Simmer the spinach dal for 5 to 6 minutes.

Serve spinach dal hot with rice