Recipe Name: Palak Dal

Recipe Name: Palak Dal

Cuisine: Indian

Serves: 4

Ingredients: 

• 1/2 cup tuvar dal (washed and cooked)
• 1/2 cup masoor dal (washed and cooked alongwith tuvar dal)
• 2 cups spinach (finely chopped)
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• a pinch of asafoetida
• 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
• 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
• a piece of ginger (finely chopped)
• 2 green chillies (finely chopped)
• 2 tbsp ghee
• Salt to taste

How to cook?

1. Heat ghee in a pan.
2. Add mustard seeds and allow it to crackle.
3. Add cumin seeds and allow it to crackle as well.
4. Add ginger and green chillies and saute till the raw smell of ginger is gone.
5. Add asafoetida and saute for 10 seconds.
6. Add spinach and allow it to cook well for about 10 minutes.
7. Add the cooked dals, little water and salt to taste and mix well.
8. Cover the lid and allow it to cook for 3-4 minutes.
9. Switch off the stove.
10. Serve hot with chapatis or rice.