Recipe for Lasooni Dal Palak: Garlicky lentils with Spinach
This recipe for Lasooni Dal Palak was published in one of the Sunday papers and I knew I had to try it right away. It turned out be delicious, just like the dals you get at fancy Indian restaurants. After all, this is a recipe from one 🙂 Although I do have other dal recipes like the Methi Dal or the Mixed Lentil Dal Fry, this Lasooni Dal Palak is my favourite pick me up with a hot bowl of Jeera rice or some buttered rotis!
If you’re skeptical about the garlic in this, the garlicky smell in this is just the right amount without overpowering the Dal, so go ahead and enjoy it without worry!
Lasooni Dal Palak ( Garlicky lentils with spinach )
This recipe for Lasooni Dal Palak is a restaurant style dal and utterly delicious. It's best served with rice, parathas or phulka rotis!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Tur dal -
- 1/3 cup Moong dal -
- 1 bunch spinach fresh - washed - chopped roughly -
- 1 tbsp garlic finely chopped -
- 1 onion small - finely chopped -
- 1 tomato medium sized - finely chopped -
- 1/2 tsp ginger finely chopped -
- 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) -
- to taste Salt
Instructions
- Pressure cook ( or boil ) the dals till soft with half the green chillies and turmeric.
- In a pan, heat ghee. Add the cumin seeds, once they start popping, add garlic, ginger, remaining green chillies and onions.Fry till onions turn golden brown. Add tomato, spinach, turmeric, red chilli powder, salt. Saute the above mixture till it turns soft and golden.
- Add the boiled dal mix to the above. Mix well, remove from flame. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
- Serve hot with phulka rotis or Parathas or steamed rice.
Notes
Notes:
The aroma from the garlic and the green colour from the spinach makes this an absolutely irresistible dish. For people who don't relish spinach, this is a great way to eat their greens.
Recipe courtesy Chef de cuisine, Saffron, JW Marriot, Mumbai.
That looks fantastic! I love lentil recipes!
Yes, it looks wonderful. I can tell from both the picture and the recipe that I would love this.
wow the recipe is sipmly great!!! i tried it and must say it tates superb wth any pulaos!
Hi, I was googling for Dal Palak recipe and I found your delicious looking Lasuni dal palak .I will be trying that for tomorrow’s dinner. Thank you.
Hi,Great recipe!Can we substitute palak with any other green leafy vegetable?Thanks.
Hi, This dal looks delicious…. I’m going to try it today !!! Have you used whole moong dal or split moong dal ?
Asha- Hope your family liked it!Anon- you may by all means try it out with other greens like swiss chard or fenugreek greens, or baby spinach.Anon – I have used split yellow moong dal and split yellow toor dal.
Nandita, You have a great site!!!I tried this recipe & oh boy it was delicious…. THx for sharing ur expertise.Aruna
Aruna – Very nice of you to give that feedback! After all it’s a chef’s recipe from the Marriott – gotta be good…Hope to see you around!
Hey, I wanted you to know that this recipe is just awesome. My husband and I actually finished it all. Thanx for sharing it.
Hi,I tried this recipe and it is simply delicious. Thanks for taking the time to share it. I frequent your blog often and am going to try out mroe of your yummy recipes.
Prepared this daal for dinner and it turned out really good..thanks for sharing the recipe.
I was trying to make our traditional sindhi “sai bhaji ” with brown pulao .. but didnt have channa dal at home .. so thought of trying out somehting diffrent. Glad i found this recipe ..its definetly a Keep !! i just loved it .. hubby freaked on it too !!! what more do i need :)) Thanks for sharing !!
I tried the dal it was simply great, thanks for posting it
Hey tried this for lunch, it was soooo yummy…thanks for sharing the recipe:)
Amazing recipe. Brought back memories of home.
Just tried your recipe! Awesome! It tasted delicious with hot phulkas! Thanks for sharing the recipe.
I made this dal just now.. it turned out quite well.. added lemon at the end to make it more tangy. Thanks!
Hi. I tried this recipe and it turned out to be really great!. It is a simple process and tastes great.
awesome recipe..thanks for posting..
Hi Nandita!!!This is a too good recipe… I tried it and the dal was perfectoooooo :)… looked similar to the picture in your blog…thanks a bunch and keep writing such scrumptious food recipes. Thanks again!!!
looks good …. thanks … my dear biwi just looked at this and made some for me
Hello,Just made this dal for dinner yesterday… DH loved it so much he even took some for his friends at work today!!! It was a great compliment for me as a cook cos i can manage to burn even rice if left on my own ;).. Thank u so much.. and the most wonderful thing was that the dish actually looked like ur pix…
Thanks for sharing ur recipe… i made this today and loved it…
Bumped in here for the first time,really liked it a lot..Nice collection of recipes…Palak Dal Looks very delicious..Got to try the way u did it..Keep Rocking…
Tried it today and it came out delicious. Thanks.
hey….it was great.We just loved it.
Thanks.. Great recipe..it tastes awesome…:)
Tried this recipe. My husband and I loved it!! Thank you 🙂
Great, simple recipe! It tastes even better with a little lemon juice..
I have made your recipe SO many times and its been a great hit! It’s one of my fave things to make, thank you so much!!!
How much water are you cooking the dals with?
If on stove top then add 3 cups water for 1 cup lentils – if in a pressure cooker then just until they are covered