Dal Palak

5 from 3 votes

Dal Palak or Lentils with spinach is truly a delicious and authentic Indian dish of lentils cooked with spinach in spices. Toor dal palak is a one popular palak recipes with all the goodness of spinach, lentils, garlic and tomatoes. This is super easy, glutenfree, vegan and healthy dal recipe to make and undoubtedly always a hit at your table. Here is how to make palak dal recipe

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Indian, Vegan

Servings: servings

Calories: 151kcal

Author: Farrukh Aziz

Ingredients

to prepare palak dal:

1 cup Toor dal (pigeon pea or arhar dal) toor dal (pigeon pea or arhar dal)
3 cups Spinach (cleaned, washed and chopped)
2 Onion finely chopped
¾ cup Tomatoes finely chopped
1 teaspoon Turmeric powder
5-6 Garlic finely chopped
1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
4-5 Dried red chilies whole
1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
Salt to taste
2 tablespoons Oil

For dal palak tadka:

6-8 garlic cloves finely sliced
2 tablespoons Oil or ghee

Instructions

To begin with, clean wash and soak toor dal for 3 minutes.
Then, heat oil in a pressure cooker. Once the oil heats up, add cumin seeds and mustard seeds and allow it to crackle
Now, add garlic and red chillies and fry until garlic is aromatic and golden
Then, add chopped palak and chopped onions. Saute on high for another minute until it releases nice aroma.
Then add, tomato, soaked dal, haldi and mix.
Saute on high for another 2-3 minutes
Then, add 4 cup of water, salt and mix, bring it to a boil.
Cover and cook until the dal palak is done. 2-3 whistles on high and then 5-7 minutes on simmer. Once the dal is done, allow the pressure to release on it own.
For tadka, heat ghee on a small pan.
Once the ghee heats up, add sliced garlic and fry until golden.
Pour the tadka over the hot palak dal. It is ready to serve

Notes

Adjust the consistency of the dal as per the requirement.

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