Palak dal (lentils with spinach)
Palak dal (lentils with spinach)

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Palak dal (lentils with spinach) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Palak dal (lentils with spinach) is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Palak and dal go very well together. In India we do add veggies to dal and spinach dal is one of those recipes. Pick and then rinse ½ cup pigeon pea lentils (tuvar dal or arhar dal) a couple of times in water.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook palak dal (lentils with spinach) using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Palak dal (lentils with spinach):
  1. Prepare 1 cup lentil Yellow (toor dal)
  2. Prepare 2 cups Spinach (chopped)
  3. Prepare 1 Onion medium (chopped)
  4. Get 1 tsp Cumin seeds
  5. Make ready 1 tsp Mustard seeds
  6. Get 6 - 8 cloves Garlic (chopped)
  7. Make ready 3 - 4 red chili Whole (dried)
  8. Take 2 Tomato (finely chopped)
  9. Take ½ tsp Turmeric
  10. Get Salt as per taste
  11. Take 2 cups Water
  12. Get 1 tsp Lemon juice
  13. Make ready 2 tbsps Oil
  14. Make ready 2 tsps Ghee
  15. Take 8 - 10 , cloves Garlic finely sliced or crushed
  16. Take 1 tbsp ghee oil or

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Steps to make Palak dal (lentils with spinach):
  1. Heat oil in a pressure cooker, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Allow them to crackle.
  2. Add chopped garlic, fry till golden brown. Add dried chilies, fry.
  3. Add spinach and chopped onions, fry well on high heat for 2 – 3 mins.
  4. Add tomatoes, sauté for 1-2 mins.Reduce the heat to medium, add dal, turmeric and salt, continue to sauté for another 2-3 mins.
  5. Add 2 cups of water and ghee, pressure cook till done.
  6. Finally add lemon juice, simmer for another 2-3 minutes.For tempering, heat oil or ghee in small pan, add sliced garlic, fry till golden brown and release lovely aroma. pour this tempering over the dal.
  7. There you go….Palak dal is ready to be served…

Yellow mung dal/lentils are roasted till aromatic and then cooked with spinach and tempered with spices. I have different kinds of Palak Dal that I make at home. This one here is my favorite, not just because it tides in nostalgia, but also because of the roasted mung dal that is used here. Wash the lentils well and place in a heavy saucepan. Meanwhile, if using frozen spinach, remove from the freezer and allow the block to begin to thaw.

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