Spinach Dal – Palak Dal Recipe

A super easy Spinach Dal made with 3 Lentils !

A super easy Spinach Dal  made with bright and vibrant organic spinach leaves is perfect for a weekday dinner with rice or roti. After a week of near summer-like temperatures, it was down to 70’s this week and that makes it a perfect weather for Dal. Bright and vibrant spinach leaves are not only appealing to the eye but also nourishing as well. Lentils are relatively quick and easy to prepare, and their low cost makes them an accessible form of high – quality protein. 

When we combine the lentils with the goodness from spinach, we get a super food that’s my recipe for today: Spinach Dal. For this recipe, I combined three lentils together with the spinach leaves. So it has a good balance of protein as well as fiber. The result is a heavenly dish that goes very well with rice, roti’s and bread.

If you serve this dal with any vegetable stir fry, you can easily get two meals out of it for a family of four. I like to put one of these together on a Sunday afternoon and have leftovers for Monday.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups chopped spinach
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 small tomato, chopped
• 1/3 cup Toor dal
• 1/3 cup masoor dal
• 1/3 cup Channa dal
• 2 green chilies
• 1 inch ginger chopped
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp red chili powder
• 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 2 red chilies
• 5 curry leaves
• Salt to taste

Place a pan over medium heat and drizzle 1 tbsp of coconut oil. When oil heats up, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and split black gram and red chilies. When they start to sizzle add chopped garlic, ginger and after 10-15 seconds, add green chilies. Stir them for few seconds.

Now, add chopped onions and continue to cook until the onions turn transparent. Add tomatoes, turmeric powder and chili powder. Continue to stir them well and cover the lid for about a minute. Now add the chopped spinach, stir them well and cover the lid.After about 3 minutes, add cooked lentils and 1 cup water. Add salt and garam masala powder and continue to stir/cook for about 3 more minutes. When it starts to boil, simmer down the heat and cook for about a minute. And switch off the heat.

Spinach Dal is ready! Serve hot with rice or roti for best results. 

Spinach Dal is ready! Serve hot with rice or roti for best results.