HEALTHY PALAK DAL RECIPE

The best food is one which is tasty as well as healthy. Here is a dish which is yummy and yet full of nutrients. A perfect way to serve nutrients in your kids plate. You must try this out:

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 2

Ingredients:

• 2 cups spinach (washed and chopped)

• 1 cup Pigeon Peas (Toor dal)

• 2 tbsp cooking oil

• 1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)

• A pinch of asafoetida (hing)

• 4 garlic pods (crushed)

• 1 inch ginger (peeled and crushed)

• 1 onion (finely chopped)

• 1 green chilly

• 1/2 tsp Turmeric

• Salt to taste

• 1 tbsp freshly squeezed Lemon juice (optional)

Preparation Instructions:

• Pressure cook toor dal with half of turmeric powder and hing for 2-3 whistles on medium heat.

• Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds. When cumin seeds begin to change colour, add chopped onions.

• Saute till onions become golden brown. Add ginger, garlic and green chillies and saute for a minute.

• Add spinach and cook till it become soft. When it will become soft, mash it with a ladle.

• Add the remaining turmeric powder and salt. Add dal and a cup of water. Let it cook for 5 minutes on low heat.

• Add lemon juice before serving.

• Serve a healthy spinach-lentils dish with plain rice, roti or paratha.

Tips:

• You can also use moong dal or a mix of both toor and moong dal.

• You can pressure cook spinach along with dal. This will save time. Some people also boil spinach separately and grind it into paste.