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lasooni dal palak

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!
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Ingredients Method Notes

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

Method
 

  1. Pressure cook ( or boil ) the dals till soft with half the green chillies and turmeric.
  2. 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.
  3. Add the boiled dal mix to the above. Mix well, remove from flame. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
  4. 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.