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