Dal Palak Recipe, Spinach Dal Tadka| How to make Palak Daal

Palak dal recipe or spinach daal – Who’s in for a delicious healthy and wholesome treat today? What else can be said for this creamy nutritious protien and fiber rich Indian daal recipe made from spinach and yellow split lentil (moong dal). The spinach dal or palak dal as it is referred in India is a great combinition of protien pack lentil cooked with mineral and fiber rich spinach.

For vegetarians, daal is one one of the best source of protein. And this dal palak recipe is even a step further. By adding spinach we have given all the goodies of palak to daal. Spinach is extremely rich in antioxidants, iron, calcium and vitamin A, C, E and K. I have published a few recipes using this healthy ingredient on this website: aloo palak sabji, corn palak sabji.

Related: sabut mung dal (green mung) | mix dal fry

This is a quick and simple recipe of daal palak. There are many different variations of this recipe. I have used the basic one. Instead of boiling the moong dal beforehand and then adding it in tadka I have cooked the dal along with tadka. This way you have to clean less utensils 😛 (unless you have a helping hand in kitchen). Also for this dal palak recipe I have used yellow moong dal. But you can make this recipe using any lentil of your choice like toor / tuvar daal, arhar dal etc.

The garlic and ginger gives a great taste to daal palak. However if you want to avoid you can simply made this recipe without garlic.

This palak daal goes really well with plain rice or jeera rice. You can even serve the dal palak with any stuffed paratha of your choice.

Let us check the step by step easy recipe of dal palak or spinach dal.

Recipe of Dal Palak (Spinach Dal) with step by step photos

For dal palak recipe we will need following ingredients: Spinach (palak) washed and chopped, yellow moong dal, chopped tomato, garlic, ginger, green chilies, lemon and salt to taste. Along with these ingredients we will also need some common Indian spices like cloves, cinnamon, mustard & cumin seeds. And we will temper the daal in ghee so will need some clarified butter / ghee.

We will make dal palak in pressure cooker. First heat a tablespoon of ghee (clarified butter) in pressure cooker. Once the ghee is hot add asafoetida (hing), cumin seeds, mustard seeds, cloves and cinnamon.

Once the mustard seeds starts fluttering add chopped ginger, garlic and green chilies.

Saute the ginger for few seconds and then add chopped tomatoes.

Cook the tomatoes until they become soft.

Add remaining spices in dal palak now. Add red chili powder, garam masala powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder.

Add salt to taste. We can also adjust the seasoning once the daal is cooked.

Also add lemon juice now and give a quick stir.

Now add chopped palak and mix well all ingredients.

Add water and let the gravy simmer for 2 to 3 minutes.

Now add washed yellow moong dal.

Add water and turn off the pressure cooker lid. For 1 cup of dal we will use 2.5 cups of water. Cook the dal palak on medium flame. It should take around 3 whistles in a standard 3 liter pressure cooker. Once cooked let the palak dal get cool down before opening the lid of pressure cooker.

Delicious & healthy dal palak or spinach dal is ready to serve. Serve palak dal hot with steamed rice or jeera rice, roti or paratha.

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Dal Palak Recipe, Spinach Dal Tadka

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

15 mins

Total time

25 mins

 

Dal palak recipe - Quick and easy recipe of yellow moong dal cooked with spinach and other spices.

Author: Gopi Patel

Recipe type: Main

Cuisine: Indian

Serves: 2

Ingredients

• Moong dal: 1 cup
• Palak: 1 1/2 cup chopped
• Tomato: 1/2 cup chopped
• Ghee (clarified butter): 1 tbsp
• Cinnamon: 1/2 inch piece
• Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds: 1 tsp
• Asafoetida (hing): 1/4 tsp
• Cloves: 2 pieces
• Lemon : 1 tsp, juice
• Ginger: 1 tsp paste
• Green chilies: 1/2 tsp chopped
• Garlic: 1 1/2 tsp paste
• Red chili powder: 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder: 1/2 tsp
• Coriander powder: 1 1/2 tsp
• Garam masala: 1 tsp
• Salt: 1 1/2 tsp or to taste

Instructions

1. Wash the yellow moong dal thoroughly in water and let the get soaked in water for 10 minutes.
2. Also rinse the spinach / palak in water and cut off the stem part. Chop the spinach into medium size pieces.
3. In a pressure cooker heat a tablespoon of ghee and let it get melt.
4. Now as ghee melts add asafoetida (hing), mustard seeds, cumin seeds, cloves and cinnamon.
5. Once the mustard seeds starts fluttering add finely chopped ginger, garlic and green chilies.
6. Saute ginger garlic till the raw flour is gone for around 20-30 seconds.
7. Now add chopped tomatoes. Mix well and cook the tomatoes until they become soft.
8. Let us add remaining spices in dal palak: red chili powder, garam masala powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder.
9. Also season the spinach daal with salt as per your taste.
10. Squeeze half a lemon juice in tomato gravy.
11. Now add chopped spinach / palak leaves.
12. Combine all ingredients and add washed yellow moong dal.
13. Add water and turn off the lid of pressure cooker. Cook the dal palak in pressure cooker for 10 minutes atleast.
14. Let the pressure cooker gets cool off before opening the lid.
15. Dal palak or spinach dal is ready to serve. Serve spinach daal with steamed rice or jeera rice.

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If you are looking for more Indian daal recipes then do check gujarati dal, sindhi moong dal, mix dal fry and gujarati dal dhokli.