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Dal palak is easy and simple to make recipe of spinach with lentils.
Ingredients
¼ cup tuvar dal (pigeon pea lentils or arhar dal)¼ cup masoor dal (pink lentils)
2 cups chopped spinach
1 or 2 green chilies , chopped
1 inch ginger , chopped
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
¼ teaspoon asafoetida (hing)
½ teaspoon turmeric powder
½ teaspoon red chili powder
2 to 2.5 cups water, for pressure cooking the dals
½ to 1 cup water, to be added to the dal in the last step
2 to 3 tablespoons ghee or oil
salt as required
INSTRUCTIONS
pressure cooking dal
Pick and wash the lentils. Take the lentils in a pressure cooker with turmeric powder.
Add 2 to 2.5 cups of water and pressure cook for 5 to 6 whistles or till the dals become soft and mushy.
Mash the dals and keep aside.
Instructions
making dal palakIn 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 chili and fry for half a minute. Fry for a minute.
Now add the chopped spinach. Add red chili powder and asafoetida (hing).
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 ½ cup to 1 cup depending on how thick or thin you want the dal to be.
Finally, add salt and simmer the dal for 5 to 6 minutes.
Serve dal palak hot with rice and a side vegetable dish or salad or raita.
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