Preparation & Cooking Time: 30 mins
Serves : 3 – 4 persons
Ingredients :
- Chopped Spinach : 1 cup
- Split Moong Dal : ½ cup
- Green Chillies : 3 – 4
- Dried Red Chillies : 2
- Tamarind : Gooseberry size ball
- Mustard Seeds : ½ tsp
- Chana Dal : ½ tsp
- Urad Dal: ½ tsp
- Hing : ⅛ tsp
- Turmeric Powder : ¼ tsp
- Curry Leaves : 1 sprig
- Oil : 2 tsp
- Salt to taste
1. Put
the rinsed moong dal, chopped spinach, tamarind, split green
chillies, turmeric
and a cup of water in a pressure cooker and cook till 3 whistles.
2. Turn off the flame and wait until the pressure go off. Add the salt and
mix well.
3. Heat a
teaspoon of oil in a vessel. Add the mustard seeds, chana dal and urad
dal and let them splutter. Then add the red chillies, hing
and curry leaves to it and fry for a few seconds.
4. Pour it over the
cooked dal and combine well.
5. Serve hot with roti or steamed rice, dollop of ghee and some papads.
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Aruna Manikandan says
Healthy and delicious recipe 🙂
jeyashrisuresh says
Nice and comforting dal. looks tempting
Anonymous says
you add a small ball of tamarind to the pot while cooking or do you soak it and squeeze out the juice that comes out of it and discard the pulp?
Srimathi says
Looks delicious. Made dal and spinach separately for dinner last night.
MyScrawls says
Healthy and delicious dal recipe.
Have never pressure cooked dal with tamarind and green chillies… sounds interesting!
Sobha Shyam says
healthy n comfort dal 🙂
Sushma Madhuchandra says
most of the times I make the palak dal with toor dal.., very rare with moong. Thanks for reminding! Shall make them soon 🙂
Daksha says
I like this healthy dal with rice….