Dal Palak (Spinach Dal).
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook dal palak (spinach dal) using 26 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Dal Palak (Spinach Dal):
- {Take of Toor Dal.
- {Take of Water (For Steaming the Dal).
- {Prepare of Spinach/Palak (Washed & Chopped).
- {Take of Oil.
- {Take of Mustard Seeds.
- {Take of Cumin Seeds.
- {Get of Asafoetida.
- {Take of Dried Red Chillies (Broken).
- {Make ready of Garlic.
- {Make ready of Green Chillies.
- {Prepare of Curry Leaves.
- {Take of Turmeric Powder.
- {Make ready of Red Chilli Powder.
- {Get of Coriander Powder.
- {Get of Little Black Pepper Powder.
- {Take of Little Cumin Powder.
- {Take of Garam Masala Powder.
- {Prepare of Pearl Onions (Chopped).
- {Make ready of Tomato (Chopped).
- {Take of Salt.
- {Make ready of Water (For required consistency).
- {Make ready of Second Tempering (Optional):.
- {Prepare of Oil.
- {Prepare of Dried Red Chillies.
- {Prepare of Little Red Chilli Powder.
- {Get of Garlic (Minced)-Optional.
Steps to make Dal Palak (Spinach Dal):
- Firstly, cook the lentils and set aside. I cooked it in a steamer because I wanted the lentils slightly whole. Wash the dal well. Add it to a vessel. For 1 cup dal, add 3 cups of water and steam for 15-20 minutes..
- Heat oil in a clay pot/pan. Add mustard seeds and allow it to crackle. Add cumin seeds and let it sizzle for few seconds. Add asafoetida..
- Add the dried red chillies. Now add the chopped garlic and saute lightly for 30 seconds..
- Add green chillies and curry leaves and saute for sometime. Now add all the spice powders and saute it for a minute. Add the chopped pearl onions and saute it for a minute..
- Next add the chopped tomato and salt and cover and cook till the tomatoes are soft and mushy..
- Add the washed and chopped spinach leaves and cover and cook for 5 minutes till the spinach gets perfectly cooked. You can add more or less spinach according to your taste..
- Add the cooked toor dal. Mix it well and cover and cook it for 5 more minutes..
- Spinach Dal is ready to serve. For second tempering which is optional, heat oil in a tadka pan. Add dried red chillies. Off the flame. Add little red chilli powder and mix it. Pour this tempering over the prepared dal palak. Mix and serve..
- Serve Healthy and Delicious Dal Palak with paratha, rotis, rice alongwith some homemade pickle, curd and papad..
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