A true comfort food, palak dal makes for the best accompaniment with hot rice and subzi on a weeknight. The apartment we live in right now is very convenient to buy basic groceries and vegetables. On every Sunday, a van full of the freshest vegetables from the farmer’s on the outskirts of Hyderabad come to the road below our place and people flock to it to buy their week’s worth of vegetables. They are cheaper than the stores too! I rush down each time I see the van and although I buy 1/10th the amount of vegetables others buy, the vegetable vendors treat me well ๐
I bought a bunch of palak yesterday and have been wondering what to make with it. I considered palak paneer, but I didn’t have any paneer in hand and was too lazy to buy paneer or make my own. I always have a stock of dal (of course) and decided to take the easy route and make some palak dal instead. No regrets!
Palak Dal Recipe
Ingredients for Palak Dal:
Serves 2
Toor dal/Yellow lentil – 1 cup
Fresh green spinach, chopped – 1 cup
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Garlic – 4 cloves
Red chillies – 4
Curry leaves – one strand
Oil – 2 tbsp
Salt – to taste
How to make Palak Dal:
1. Pressure cook the dal and spinach with some turmeric for 2-3 whistles.
2. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a kadai, crackle some mustard seeds, add the crushed garlic and red chillies and fry for a minute.
3. Add the cooked dal-spinach and mix well.
Serve hot with rice or rots. Palak dal also goes well with jeera rice or other mildly spiced rice dishes.
Red Chillies
Loved your idea of palak daal, all basic ingredients, yet rich in taste. I add some ginger in my daal.
KayKat
I love the colour! Seems like you found the perfect balance between the dal and the spinach!
Jeena
Nags I love spinach with spices it is so tasty. Your picture looks amazing it looks so creamy and delicious!
Namratha
Looks awesome Nags, I make it with Moong dal though, should try yours.
Rajitha
that is comfort food!!..
Sagari
palak dal , mango pickle and hot rice HEAVEN nice recipe nags
Sig
My palak dal normally turns a very ugly shade of green, it is not all photogenic ๐ Yours look great!
Manasi
Daal with palak! Taste bhi , health bhi!! Lovely!
Manasi
Daal with palak! Taste bhi , health bhi!! Lovely!
Richa
comfort food it is ๐
i made it w/ masoor dal just the other day, same steps, though sometimes i add an onion as well to the cooker ๐