Dal Palak is a comforting side dish made by cooking dal with palak, onion, garlic, tomato and tempering spices. Dal Palak is a tastier form of palak that can be relished with roti, chapati and rice meal. Learn to make Dal Palak with step by step pictures.
I was a bad eater when it comes to vegetables during my childhood and my mother always had trouble in feeding me greens. When I started feeding my daughter, I made sure she took greens as a part of her diet and thank god she likes green when its with dal so keerai kootu is often made.
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About Dal Palak
Dal Palak is palak cooked with dal, onion, tomato, garlic and tempering spices and herbs. This is one of the tastiest side dish for rice or roti. Rice with dal palak and ghee is such a tasty combination, do try this and enjoy!
Dal Palak sounds to me like a North Indian version of keerai kootu. It is very humble looking but the burst of flavor with greens, dal and to add on ghee tadka – its finger licking good, I would say. Any one who doesn’t like spinach , am sure they will change their mind once they taste this like me.
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Dal Palak Ingredients
- Palak – Palak greens is the main ingredient for dal palak.
- Toor Dal – Toor dal is cooked until mushy and added.
- Onion, Garlic – Onion and garlic is chopped finely and sautéed.
- Tomato – Tomato is chopped and added.
- Spice powders – Turmeric powder and red chili powders are added.
- Tempering – A tempering is made using oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves, red chilies and hing.
How to make Dal Palak Step by Step
1.Pressure cook toor dal up to 4 whistles until mushy with turmeric powder and salt. Then mash it up with a ladle and set aside. Heat ghee and add the items under ‘to temper’ table and allow it to splutter.
2.Then add garlic, onion and saute till golden. Then add tomato and saute till raw smell of tomato leaves and is mushy. Wash palak and add it to the tempered items.
3.Saute till it shrinks in size. Add red chili powder and transfer this to the cooked dal. and give a stir. Allow it to cook for 3-5 minutes in low flame.
4.Then mash it up with a ladle to combine well. Allow it for a boil and switch it off as per your required consistency.
Serve hot with a dollop of ghee with rice – tastes divine.
Expert Tips
- You can try this dal with any other variety of spinach too.
- The consistency should be thick and creamy.
- The measurement of dal and greens can be altered as per your choice.
- You can even add 2 tablespoon coconut paste to make it more thick.
Serving and Storage
Dal Palak can be served with rice, roti etc. This curry keeps well in fridge for 2 days, reheat and serve it.
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Dal Palak Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 bunch palak ~2 cups tightly packed
- 1/2 cup toor dal
- 1 medium sized onion finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon garlic chopped
- 1 tomato
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder optional
- salt to taste
To Temper:
- 2 teaspoon ghee
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 generous pinch hing
- few curry leaves
- 1 red chili
Instructions
- Pressure cook toor dal up to 4 whistles until mushy with turmeric powder and salt. Then mash it up with a ladle and set aside. Heat ghee and add the items under ‘to temper’ table and allow it to splutter.
- Then add garlic, onion and saute till golden. Then add tomato and saute till raw smell of tomato leaves and is mushy. Wash palak and add it to the tempered items.
- Saute till it shrinks in size. Add red chili powder and transfer this to the cooked dal. and give a stir. Allow it to cook for 3-5 minutes in low flame.
- Then mash it up with a ladle to combine well. Allow it for a boil and switch it off as per your required consistency.
Notes
- You can try this dal with any other variety of spinach too.
- The consistency should be thick and creamy.
- The measurement of dal and greens can be altered as per your choice.
- You can even add 2 tablespoon coconut paste to make it more thick.
Jyoti Agrawal
Wow !! looks tempting.
Kadhyaa
droolworthy 🙂 love this greens and lentil combination
Lavi
love the second last picture! and the clicks are good different from each other. and well worth the work you put in!!
palak dal is my favourite. and i cook this so often!
Shama Nagarajan
inviting dear…can have it anytime
Archana
yum this is different from what I make but will love this.
APARNARAJESHKUMAR
i was suppose to post it 🙂 same pinch 🙂
Valarmathi Sanjeev
yummy and healthy one…looks delicious.
Sobha Shyam
cute clicks, loved that vessel…this is my comfort food 🙂
Shabitha Karthikeyan
We are great fans of greens. I love this dish so much. The picture with the dal in a cup with a plate of rice looks so good and tempting !!
Suja Manoj
Healthy and tempting dal,love the color and presentation.
sree
hi.. nice recipe. i have one doubt. i.e., adding tomatoes with palak is not at all good as i heard. i donno what exactly wrong with that. so i skip tomatoes with palak everytime. nice clicks.. thatnk u.
Aarthi
yummy dal palak
Nandita SS
This is one of the most comforting Dals ever. Loved it 🙂
jeyashrisuresh
Never tried palak in this way though my sister makes this version sometimes. Looks tempting
Rachana
Thats such a comforting meal. Ric and palak ki dal…yumm!!!!
Chitra
I too make the same way but i add tamarind extract. We love it 🙂
Prathibha
I love palak and is my favorite green..ur dal looks nice
RAKS KITCHEN
I make this often now a days and wanted to post too 🙂 looks perfectly done!
dassana
dal palak is a regular at my place. nice clicks sharmi
Nithya
Lovely recipe.. My athai makes this almost all the week in the name of Pappu. I love it so much 🙂
Safa Basheer
Tried this recipe and it was finger-licking good just as you promised 🙂
Janani
I am hungry by just looking at your picture lovely site.
Janani
I am hungry by just looking at your picture lovely site.
shally
Lovely Recipe and I was happy that My kid and Hubby finally had Greens which was not possible all this time. Thank you.
Nanditha Bhari
hai, nd just loved this dal. All thanks to you. i just followed the steps from your recipe.
my husba
Nanditha Bhari
hi thanks for the recipe. All credit for you. My husband just loved it
Ambika Manikantan
Super
Ambika Manikantan
Super
Ranjani Sundar
Will this one goes with chappathi too ?
SHARMILEE J
Yes!