Daal Palak

Being a big fan of palak, I couldn't go by this weekend without making one more of much appreciated dishes. So here it is - mixed daal with palak curry. A great side dish with rice and/or roti! So here goes.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Tur dal
1/3 cup Moong dal
1 bunch fresh spinach -washed-chopped roughly
1 tbsp- ginger/garlic paste
1 small onion-finely chopped
1 medium sized tomato-finely
3 green chillies finely chopped
1/2 tbsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1/4 tsp turmeric
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tbsp ghee (or oil)Salt to taste

Method
1. Pressure cook (or boil) the daals till soft with half the green chillies and turmeric.

2.In a pan, heat oil. Now add the cumin seeds, once they start popping, add the ginger/garlic paste, the remaining green chillies and chopped onion.Fry till onions turn golden brown.

3. Now add tomato, spinach, turmeric, red chilli powder, salt. Saute the above mixture till it turns soft and golden.

4.Add the boiled dal mix to the above. Mix well, remove from flame.

5. Serve hot with rotis and/or rice.


..ShaKri..