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

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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.

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

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

How to make Spinach Dal in Instant Pot? Start with heating ghee or oil in the instant pot insert and add the tempering ingredients - cumin seeds, ginger At this time, the spinach would have mixed well with the lentils. How to make Dal Palak in Pressure Cooker? Traditionally, Dal was cooked with salt, then.

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…

Dal palak recipe or spinach dal with stovetop & instant pot instructions. Dal refers to lentils and palak to spinach. My recipe to make spinach dal uses minimal ingredients yet it turns out super delicious with full of flavors. This recipe is kids' friendly if you cut down or skip the chilies. Yellow mung dal/lentils are roasted till aromatic and then cooked with spinach and tempered with spices.

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