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40 min — 15 min prep, 25 min cooking.

Dal Palak

Name: Dal Palak
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Punjab Indian
Ingredients: 250g Spinach (Palak); 8g salt; 2g Turmeric Powder; 80g onion; 100g Tomato; 2g garam masala powder; 6g green chillies; 150g Toor Dal; 700g Water; 4g Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch); 10g Ginger; 15g Garlic; 3g Cumin Seeds; 25g Ghee

Toor dal cooked with spinach and finished with a garlic-jeera tadka in ghee.

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Time 40 min · Serves 4 · 231 kcal · Punjab

Ingredients

Main

Spinach (Palak) — 250 g
salt — 8 g
Turmeric Powder — 2 g
onion — 80 g
Tomato — 100 g
garam masala powder — 2 g
green chillies — 6 g
Toor Dal — 150 g
Water — 700 g
Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 4 g
Ginger — 10 g

Tempering

Garlic — 15 g
Cumin Seeds — 3 g
Ghee — 25 g

Method

Wash dal. Pressure cook with water and turmeric for 3 whistles.
Heat half the ghee. Fry onion, ginger and green chillies till soft.
Add tomato and chilli powder. Cook till soft.
Add chopped spinach. Cook for 3 minutes till it wilts.
Add cooked dal, salt and garam masala. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Heat the rest of the ghee. Fry jeera and garlic till golden. Pour over dal.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Dal Palak?: 231 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 40 min — 15 min prep, 25 min cooking.

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