Spinach with lentils: Dal Palak or Palak Dal

Healthy dal recipe of fibre rich spinach, protein rich yellow moong lentils, drumstick and potato.

This dal is a perfect match with rice or wheat flat bread.

Preparation:

 Rinse Moong dal (lentils) and add to saucepan with 4 cups of water. Soak the lentils in water for 2 hours minimum. Then cook lentils and salt with water until it boils, cook until lentils are tender and thick.Boil potatoes (3 nos) . Then peel and chop them.Rinse, peel and chop one drumstick into pieces (3-4 inches long). Boil these pieces and keep them aside.Chop onion (1 nos), tomato (1 nos), garlic (7-8 cloves), ginger ( ½ inch), green chillies (4 nos) and spinach (250gm).Heat 2 tbspn olive oil or butter or ghee in a medium sized sauce pan. Now add (hing) asafoetida ( 1pinch)  , chopped garlic, fenugreek seeds (1/4 tspn) , mustard seeds (1/4tspn) ,cumin seeds (1/4 tspn) , fennel seeds (1/4 tspn), cumin seeds (1/4tspn), nigella seeds (1/4tspn). Then add chopped onion, chopped green chillies and chopped tomatoes . Sauté well.Now add chopped spinach and mix well. Let the mixture cook for 3-4 mins .Then add salt to taste and turmeric (1/4tspn).Add drumstick pieces and potatoes. Mix well. Then add coconut cream to the mixture.Finally add moong dal to this mixture along with ¼ tspn of turmeric  and lemon juice (1tbspn) .  Mix well.Let the dal cook for 5 mins. Serve hot with rice.

Recipe:  vegetarian

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 10 mins

      

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