Tasty and Healthy Palak Toovar Dal Recipe

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Palak (Spinach) Toovar Dal is a delicious combination of protein rich dal and fiber-rich spinach. It is a hearty Indian dal which is tasty and also healthy. This dal has a good texture and color. Let’s follow this recipe.

Ingredients

2 cupschopped spinach (palak)
1/2 cuptoovar (arhar) dal , soaked for 3 hours and drained
1 tspfinely chopped green chilies
1 tspginger (adrak) paste
1/4 tspturmeric powder (haldi)
1 tbspto taste
3ghee
3bay leaves (tej patta)
3cloves (laung / lavang)
3whole dry kashmiri red chilies
1/2 tspcumin seeds (jeera)
a pinchof asafoetida (hing)
1/2 tspchili powder
2 tbspfinely chopped coriander (dhania)

Directions

In a pressure cooker add toovar dal, spinach, green chilies, ginger paste, turmeric powder, salt, and 3 cups of water, mix it well and pressure cook for 20 min.
Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid and blend the dal to a coarse mixture using a hand blender and keep it aside.
Heat the ghee in a broad non-stick pan, add the bay leaves, cloves, red chilies, cumin seeds and asafoetida and fry on a medium flame for a few seconds.
When the seeds crackle, pour the tempering over the cooked dal, add the chili powder and coriander, mix it well and cook on medium flame for 4 to 5 minutes and stir occasionally.
Serve it hot.

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