I tried this dal palak recipe from Mrs. Mallika badrinath’s kurma book. I have tried with masoor dal. I googled so many recipes before trying this one but I found most of the recipes used toor dal / moong dal . I used masoor dal as mentioned in the cookbook.It’s a nice combination for roti. I made slight changes in the actual recipe according to our taste buds. Lets see how to make Dal palak with masoor dal / Spinach Dal Recipe.
INGREDIENTS
1 cup – 200ml
- Masoor dal – 1/4 cup
- Palak / Pasalai keerai – 2 bunches (hope u all the know the size we get in india) (roughly 2-3 cups after chopping)
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
- Salt and water – As needed,
To grind
- Green chilly – 2 –3 nos
- Ginger – 1 inch piece
To temper
- Cinnamon – 1 small piece
- Cloves – 2 nos
- Methi seeds – 1/4 tsp
- Jeera – 1/2 tsp
- Red chilly – 1 no (pinched into two)
- Garlic cloves – 5 nos (chopped finely)
- Big onion – 1 no (chopped)
- Tomato – 2 nos (-do-)
- Curry leaves – a few
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METHOD
- Pressure cook masoor dal and palak with turmeric powder for 2 –3 whistles. The dal should be mushy.
- Grind the ingredients given under “grind” to make a smooth paste by adding required water.
- Now heat a kadai and temper all the items given above in the same order.
- Add onions and tomatoes and saute till tomato turns mushy.
- Add the ground masala and saute well for few mins.
- Then add the cooked masoor dal & palak mixture and add the required water .
- Allow it to boil well for few minutes.
Serve with roti.!!
Note: If u want to serve this for rice , just omit the cinnamon & cloves and try the same.
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What a lovely looking dal..Ultimate Comfort food:-)
Thanks ramya 🙂
my fav…Looks soo yummy!!
Healthy and yummy dal,looks very delicious.
Healthy and super comforting dal..
this is a regular dish for our winter table. nutritous and delicious.
Super delicious comfort food, I love your kitchen clinic kudos to your efforts.
healthy and tasty dal
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nice n comforting dal…
Lovely dal…
My favorite comfort food…love it
lovely dal and nice explanation on the benefits of dal
Looks delicious n healthy..nice recipe dear 🙂
I haven't used masoor dhal with spinach, the keerai should be a nice gravy for rice too!
I could just have this as soup, healthy dal, looks great!
Nice dal and i really enjoyed reading about the masoor dal.
Very nice recipe,Would love to try this one…healthy as well as yummy
very delicious recipe and thanks for the info abt, masoor dal…love it!!
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yummy n healthy dal..comfort food!
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Healthy and real yumm.Luv this dhal palak
a perfect side dish for any kind of rots:)
Healthy and comforting dal..yum
delicious combination looks wonderful
Love daal and palak..great recipe!
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Lovely presentation. Looks flavourful and delicious
Healthy, hearty daal…well presented 😉
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Healthy n delicious curry perfect with hot rice n rotis…
yummy and healthy!
thank you for your comment chitra.. your blog is very nice.. especially the kitchen clinic is very nice.. i like dal soup and yours is tempting 🙂
i love dal.. the palak makes it all the more appetising. i liked the extra health pointers u have written in the end.. very informative