Palak Toovar Dal (Iron Rich Recipes) Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup toovar (arhar) dal
• 2 cups chopped spinach (palak)
• 2 tsp finely chopped ginger (adrak)
• 1 tsp finely chopped green chillies
• 1/4 tsp haldi powder (turmeric powder)
• salt (namak) to taste
• 2 tsp oil
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
• 3 bay leaf (tejpatta)
• 3 clove (laung / lavang)
• 3 whole dry Kashmiri red chilli, broken into pieces
• a pinch of asafoetida (hing)
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander (dhania)
• 2 tsp lemon juice

Steps

1. Clean, wash and soak the toovar dal in enough water in a deep bowl for 2 hours. Drain and keep aside.
2. Combine the soaked and drained toovar dal, ginger, green chillies, turmeric powder, salt and 3 cups of water in a pressure cooker, mix well and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
3. Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid.
4. Transfer the mixture in a deep non-stick pan, add the spinach, mix well and bring to boil. Keep aside.
5. For the tempering, heat the oil in a small non-stick pan, add the cumin seeds, bayleaves, cloves, red chillies and asafoetida.
6. When the seeds crackle, pour the tempering over the cooked dal.
7. Add the chilli powder and coriander, mix well and cook on a slow flame for 2 to 3 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
8. Add the lemon juice and mix well.
9. Serve hot.