Dal palak recipe

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup Moong dal (or u can even use masoor dal)
• 1 cup Palak leaves ((Indian spinach) tightly packed )
• 1 Onion
• 1 Tomato (large)
• 1/2 tsp Ginger garlic paste
• 3/4 tsp Garam masala powder
• 5 Green chilli
• 1/4 tsp Sugar
• Salt
• 1 tsp Oil
• 1 tbsp Ghee
• 1 tsp Cumin seeds

Instructions

1. 1

   Pressure cook moong dal upto 3 whistles with a cup of water

2. 2

   Wash the palak and remove the stem. Tear the leaf and take out the thick stem in the middle too if possible to make sure it gets cooked easily.

3. 3

   Saute in 1/2 tsp oil along with green chillies.

4. 4

   Fry the palak until it gets reduced in volume.

5. 5

   Cool down and grind with little water.

6. 6

   Heat kadai and temper with ghee, cumin seeds.

7. 7

   Add finely chopped onions and stir fry till transparent.

8. 8

   After that, add ginger garlic paste and cook until raw smell goes away.

9. 9

   Add chopped tomatoes, salt and saute until tomatoes turn mushy.

10. 10

    Pour the ground palak, sugar and garam masala.

11. 11

    Cook for a minute in medium flame.

12. 12

    Then add cooked, mashed dal.

13. 13

    Mix well, add 1 cup water and let it boil for 3-4 minutes or until you get thick consistency.

14. 14

    Switch off the flame.