Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Dal Palak

Since few months am a happy owner of Mallika Basu's Miss Masala cookbook..While going through this beautiful cookbook i got hooked with this dal palak which sounds truly very easy,with simple ingredients also at the same time its goes for quick cooking process, i loved the simplicity of this dal palak and tried out for our today's lunch..As the recipe went for frozen spinach,immediately i just went through my freezer,fortunately i got a pack of already smashed spinach cubes..Finally i prepared this dal with those smashed spinach cubes and enjoyed this dal palak with some spicy chicken masala for our today's lunch..Both together turned out our lunch truly prefect...This dal palak was completely different from my version of dal palak,am happy to try this dal palak as everyone at home loved it...Sending to DNSW-D hosted by Akila..

Dal Palak

1/2cup Moongdal
1/4cup Masoor dal
1/2tsp Turmeric powder
6nos Garlic cloves (chopped)
1no Onion (chopped)
1no Tomato (chopped)
10nos Frozen spinach cubes
1tsp Ghee
1/2tsp Chilly powder
1/2tsp Lemon juice
Salt

Pressure cook both dalswith turmeric powder until soft,meanwhile heat oil in a pan, add the cumin seeds and chopped garlic cloves (keep few aside),sauté for few minutes, add the chopped onions and chopped tomatoes, cook until they turns soft..immediately add the frozen spinach cubes and salt,cook everything in medium flame, now add the already cooked dals to the cooked spinach,add enough water if needed..Cook for few minutes..

Heat the ghee, add the remaining chopped garlic cloves and red chilly powder,fry for few minutes..Once the garlic turns brown, add this tempering to the dal..Finally add the lemon juice and serve with rice..

42 comments:

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

As u said,easy and healthy dal spinach....

divya said... Reply To This Comment

This looks awesome...mouth watering.

Vasavi Suresh said... Reply To This Comment

Very delicious recipe.. Love the pic..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

amazing !!!

RV @ Food for 7 Stages said... Reply To This Comment

So simple yet full of flavors.

Shanavi said... Reply To This Comment

healthy way to eat the spinach..

Tahemeem said... Reply To This Comment

moong dal and masoor dal... amazing :)

Torviewtoronto said... Reply To This Comment

love the colour looks delicious

aipi said... Reply To This Comment

healthy, hearty and delicious!


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Jaisy James said... Reply To This Comment

niceeee

Suji said... Reply To This Comment

Deliciou & healthy dal...

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

I loove dal palak.its tasty and healthy at the same time.Looks very delicious.

Smitha said... Reply To This Comment

Looks yummy !!

Alessandra said... Reply To This Comment

What a lovely recipe, I never thought of mixing the lentils with spinach, should keep it in mind when I don't have panir :-)

ciao
Alessandra

Simply Life said... Reply To This Comment

sounds like a great cookbook!

swapna said... Reply To This Comment

tempting....

Cham said... Reply To This Comment

Easy breezy green recipe!

Harini said... Reply To This Comment

beautiful pic!

Vaishali Sharma said... Reply To This Comment

Looks delicious and healthy!

Recipeswap said... Reply To This Comment

Looks delicious,healthy and simple.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Looks hearty and delicious!

Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

Dal Palak looks delicious. Priya.

Aparna Balasubramanian said... Reply To This Comment

Healthy and quick to cook. Have heard the book is very good.

Victor said... Reply To This Comment

That's a colorful pics! Great job!

Nandinis food said... Reply To This Comment

Healthy Greens! Always love the (taste) combo of masoor and moong dal.

CurryLeaf said... Reply To This Comment

This is one of my favourites. Awesome Priya

beautifulmingles said... Reply To This Comment

DAAL PAlak

Very good recipe. Good instructions for prep...
Taste is mouth watery..delicioussssssss.

Sushma Mallya said... Reply To This Comment

simple,healthy and delicious..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Healthy recipe looks beautiful

Gayathri Kumar said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy. Priya! I prepared it today and thought of posting it tomorrow.

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

A delicious and healthy dish! I really like mixing masoor and moong dal, too.

Prathima Rao said... Reply To This Comment

The dish looks so fresh n light with its vibrant green shade..Absolutely love this one!!! Can we skip the masoor dal in this?

veena said... Reply To This Comment

i love spinach:-) and this recipe is awesome

Mehnaz Kapadia said... Reply To This Comment

I love Daal n love spinach! So this is one recipe which i WILL try! ;)

sanjeeta kk said... Reply To This Comment

My all time fave. recipe.

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Priya Sreeram said... Reply To This Comment

my fav--this looks so yummy !

Oriyarasoi said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely palak dal. I normally add the spinach and tomato while boiling the dal. It is much faster!!!

Archana said... Reply To This Comment

How I rue today when I chose methi over palak!! Sunday I am making this and this time I am wiser I am bookmarking this recipe.

Dori said... Reply To This Comment

Wow, so green and delicious! Tempting!

Hasna said... Reply To This Comment

i wonder how could u manage to post daily...:))..seems lik lot of efforts frm ur part...keep rocking...jealous on u...

JishasKitchen said... Reply To This Comment

yummy and healthy...!!

Sayali said... Reply To This Comment

I like the picture ,.. the way dal looks its so tempting...I make this dal just with moong daal. will try this one