Recipe

Dal Palak

Recipes/Dal Palak

Nutritious toor dal cooked with fresh spinach and mild spices

Prep

10 min

Cook

25 min

Serves

4

Level

easy

Ingredients

  • 1 cup toor dal
  • 2 cups spinach, chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • 2 tbsp ghee

Method

  1. 1

    Cook toor dal with turmeric until soft.

  2. 2

    Blanch spinach in boiling water, drain and roughly chop.

  3. 3

    Heat ghee, add cumin and garlic, saute onion until soft.

  4. 4

    Add tomatoes and cook until mushy.

  5. 5

    Add dal and spinach, simmer for 10 minutes.

  6. 6

    Finish with garam masala and serve with roti or rice.