Palak dal


#differentflavourdal#

Palak Dal is one of the variations I do to make my meal different from everyday recipes which include plain toor Dal.
Toor Dal is not only good in taste but is a very good source of protein and have good amount of fibre in them and also fats which is essential for the body.

Palak Dal is lentils cooked with Indian spinach with some spices. Again, spinach has its own benefits having Vitamin, iron and calcium.

This Dal is very easy to make with very few ingredients.

Sharing the recipe here,

Recipe: serves for 4
Ingredients:

-1/2 cup toor Dal (or you can mix different lentils)
-3/4 cup chopped spinach
-1 medium tomato chopped
-1 tsp ginger and garlic paste (I always use fresh paste in my recipes)
-1 red dry chilli
-A pinch of asfoetida
-few cumin and black mustard seeds
-turmeric powder and salt.
-3/4 cup water
-1/2 tsp garam masala

Method:

-boil water in a pressure cooker, add turmeric powder, salt, garam masala, toor Dal, spinach and tomatoes
-wait for 4-5 whistles on medium to high flame usually takes 5-6 minutes
-open the lid when pressure is released, mash the Dal with spoon
-heat ghee in a tadka pan, add cumin and mustard seeds, let it crackle, add ginger-garlic paste, saute for 20 seconds, add asfoetida.
- add this tempering in the cooked Dal.

Mix well, give it a boil for 1 minutes, serve hot with rice or chapati.








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