DAL SPINACH (PALAK)

spinach is very popular green leafy vegetable. Whenever I see spinach I always remembered Popoye ....funny cartoon.I loved to watched that.:)

Before marriage I did not like spinach to eat. But now a days when I understood how it helps to health, I started eating and preparing different types of dishes from it.

Lot's of are prepared with spinach such as palak paneer(Palak is Indian name for spinach), palak tikki, palak paratha etc . Dal palak is a very popular recipe. But it can be made in different ways and I too...:)


Ingredients:-

1. 1/2 cup moong dal

2. 1 small tomato chopped

3. 1 bunch palak(spinach) chopped

4. 1 medium sized onion chopped

5. 2 green chili cut into strip

6. 1 tb ginger garlic paste.

7. 1/2 tsp turmeric

8. 1 tsp red chili powder

9. pinch of hing

10. 1 tsp. tamarind

11. 1tb oil or ghee

12. 1tsp jeera(cumin seed)

13. 2 tb peanut(shengdana)

14. salt to test,water


Procedure:-

1. Wash moong dal and add tomato and turmeric powder.Boil it into cooker.Smash the dal very well.


2. Heat ghee in a sauce pan over medium heat.Add jeera and saute for a min.Then add onion and green chili.Stir 1,2 min. Add ginger-garlic paste.If you want you can add chopped garlic too.

3. Then add Palak and stir 2,3 min.Add red chili powder,turmeric,jeera powder and peanut.Fry 2,3 min.

4. Then add moong dal ,tamarind and salt.Bring it to boil.

5. Serve hot with plain rice, jeera rice, or roti.

ENJOY :)

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