Moong Dal with spinach
(Palak Dal with Yellow Moong Dal)
Moong dal with Spinach is very flavorful, tasty, healthy and comforting everyday dal. Most people do not like the taste of Moong dal and think this is very blend and boring but cooking with spinach and spice up with Tadkas it becomes not only tasty and interesting but also increases it nutritional value.
This dal is prepared with Yellow skinned Moong dal and chopped spinach and tempered with onion, garlic, green chilies and tomato tadka and further to add more flavor cumin seed and asafetida tadka is added to it.
Moong palak dal can be really done in quickly we just have to pressure cook dal and spinach and then do the tempering that's all the dal is ready in no time. It is a very good and tasty way to include spinach in our diet.It is a main course dish can be served with rice or chapattis.
This dal is prepared with Yellow skinned Moong dal and chopped spinach and tempered with onion, garlic, green chilies and tomato tadka and further to add more flavor cumin seed and asafetida tadka is added to it.
Moong palak dal can be really done in quickly we just have to pressure cook dal and spinach and then do the tempering that's all the dal is ready in no time. It is a very good and tasty way to include spinach in our diet.It is a main course dish can be served with rice or chapattis.
Ingredients:
¾ Cup Yellow skinned Moong Dal
½ Cup frozen thawed spinach or half pound fresh spinach
½ Teaspoon turmeric powder
1 Salt or to your taste
1 Teaspoon of oil
4 Cup of water
Ingredients for onion tadka:
1 Small onion – Fine chopped
1 Teaspoon minced garlic -optional
1 Medium ripe tomato – chopped
1 Medium green chili -chopped
1 Tablespoon of vegetable oil
Ingredients for cumin seed tadka:
1 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds
1 Pinch of asafetida (Hing)
1 Table spoon vegetable oil
Ingredients for hot chili tadka:
½ Teaspoon crushed red chilies or red chili powder
2 Tablespoons melted butter or Ghee
Cooking time: 20 Minutes
Serving for 4
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¾ Cup Yellow skinned Moong Dal
½ Cup frozen thawed spinach or half pound fresh spinach
½ Teaspoon turmeric powder
1 Salt or to your taste
1 Teaspoon of oil
4 Cup of water
Ingredients for onion tadka:
1 Small onion – Fine chopped
1 Teaspoon minced garlic -optional
1 Medium ripe tomato – chopped
1 Medium green chili -chopped
1 Tablespoon of vegetable oil
Ingredients for cumin seed tadka:
1 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds
1 Pinch of asafetida (Hing)
1 Table spoon vegetable oil
Ingredients for hot chili tadka:
½ Teaspoon crushed red chilies or red chili powder
2 Tablespoons melted butter or Ghee
Cooking time: 20 Minutes
Serving for 4
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Moong Dal
Spinach-Fresh chopped
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OR, Frozen chopped spinach
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Turmeric powder
Water
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Oil
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Ingredients for onion tadka:
Onion-chopped
Green chili-chopped
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Garlic-minced
Oil
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Tomqto-chopped
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Ingredients for cumin seed tadka:
Cumin seeds
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Asafetida (Hing)
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Oil or butter or Ghee
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Ingredients for hot chili tadka:
Red chili powder
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Butter or Ghee
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Direction for cooking dal:
1. In a pressure cooker add dal and wash, changing water several times until the
water appears clear and then soak dal in 4 cups of water for 20 to 25 minutes.
1. In a pressure cooker add dal and wash, changing water several times until the
water appears clear and then soak dal in 4 cups of water for 20 to 25 minutes.
In a pressure cooker add Moong Dal
Wash Moong Dal
Soak Dal in water
2. Once dal is soaked rinse the water out and wash, add thawed spinach or fresh
chopped spinach 4 cups of water, turmeric powder and salt and mix.
chopped spinach 4 cups of water, turmeric powder and salt and mix.
Moong Dal is soaked
Wash and rinse-soaked Dal
Soaked Moong Dal
Add spinach in Dal
Add water
Mix spinach with Moong Dal
Add Turmeric powder
Add salt
Mix Turmeric powder and salt
Add Oil
3. Close the lid of the pressure cooker and place the weight on the lid and cook
on medium heat.
4. In about 8 to 10 minutes pressure cooker will start steaming, turn the heat
down and cook for 5 to 6 minutes. Turn the stove off and wait until steam
goes down. Different brand of cooker requires different time to cook.
on medium heat.
4. In about 8 to 10 minutes pressure cooker will start steaming, turn the heat
down and cook for 5 to 6 minutes. Turn the stove off and wait until steam
goes down. Different brand of cooker requires different time to cook.
Close the Pressure cooker
5. While Dal is cooking prepare onion and cumin seed tadka and keep them
aside (See below for instructions)
6. Open the pressure cooker and turn the stove on to medium heat, with the
cooking spoon stir and mix.
aside (See below for instructions)
6. Open the pressure cooker and turn the stove on to medium heat, with the
cooking spoon stir and mix.
Open the Pressure cooker
Mix Dal
Dal is cooked
7. Add onion tadka and mix and cook, stirring frequently so that dal do not stick
to the bottom. If Dal looks thick then add some water.
8. Let the dal cook for 2 to 3 minutes, once onion masala, dal and spinach blend
well with each other and you have the desired consistency add cumin seed
tadaka. Cook for 2 minutes and turn the stove off.
9. When ready to serve heat Dal and transfer into a bowl and pour hot chili tadka
over Dal.
to the bottom. If Dal looks thick then add some water.
8. Let the dal cook for 2 to 3 minutes, once onion masala, dal and spinach blend
well with each other and you have the desired consistency add cumin seed
tadaka. Cook for 2 minutes and turn the stove off.
9. When ready to serve heat Dal and transfer into a bowl and pour hot chili tadka
over Dal.
Add onion, tomato tadka
Mix onion, tomato tadka with Dal
Let the onion, tomato cook
Add Cumin seed tadka
Mix Cumin seed tadka
Moong Dal with Spinach is cooked
Pour chili tadka over Dal
Moong Dal with Spinach
Tips:
1. If you wish you can skip onion tadka or any other tadka and alter Dal to your
taste.
2. Use pressure cooker for cooking Dal, otherwise it takes long to cook dal.
1. If you wish you can skip onion tadka or any other tadka and alter Dal to your
taste.
2. Use pressure cooker for cooking Dal, otherwise it takes long to cook dal.
Directions for onion Tadka: (Tadka)
1. Heat small frying pan, add 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, chopped onions and
minced garlic and sauté them on medium high heat for 5 to 6 minutes or until
onions become light brown, while frequently stirring them. (Instead of oil you
can use butter or Ghee)
1. Heat small frying pan, add 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, chopped onions and
minced garlic and sauté them on medium high heat for 5 to 6 minutes or until
onions become light brown, while frequently stirring them. (Instead of oil you
can use butter or Ghee)
In a pan add oil, onions & garlic
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Sauté onion and garlic
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2. Add chopped Tomatoes, chopped green chilies and cook.
Onions become light brown
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Add chopped Tomatoes
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3. With the spatula try to mash the tomatoes so that they become soft quickly,
in 5 to 6 minutes tomatoes will become soft and blend with onions. Turn the
stove off.
in 5 to 6 minutes tomatoes will become soft and blend with onions. Turn the
stove off.
Add chopped Green chilies
With spatula mash Tomatoes
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Mix all the ingredients
Onion tadka is ready
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Directions for cumin seed Tadka: (Tadka)
1. In a small pan (tadka pan) add 1 tablespoon oil, cumin seeds, and asafetida
(Hing) and fry them for 2 to 3 minutes on medium heat or until cumin seeds
become dark brown, turn the heat off.
1. In a small pan (tadka pan) add 1 tablespoon oil, cumin seeds, and asafetida
(Hing) and fry them for 2 to 3 minutes on medium heat or until cumin seeds
become dark brown, turn the heat off.
In a pan add oil
Add Asafetida (Hing)
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Add cumin seeds (Jeera)
Cumin seeds are fried
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Direction for hot chili Tadka: (Hot Oil) (Tadka)
1. In a small pan (tadka pan) heat 2 tablespoons ghee or melted butter add
crushed red chilies or red chili powder and fry them on very low heat for
1 to 2 minutes or until the red chilies fried, turn the heat off.
1. In a small pan (tadka pan) heat 2 tablespoons ghee or melted butter add
crushed red chilies or red chili powder and fry them on very low heat for
1 to 2 minutes or until the red chilies fried, turn the heat off.
Add ghee or Butter in the pan
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Add chili powder and fry
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Palak Dal (Spinach Moong Dal) Masala Tadka Dal
Masoor Dal Ma Ki Dal (Black Urad Dal)
Moong Dal Toor Dal (Arhar Dal)
Chana Dal Panchratan Dal
Palak Dal (Spinach Moong Dal) Masala Tadka Dal
Masoor Dal Ma Ki Dal (Black Urad Dal)
Moong Dal Toor Dal (Arhar Dal)
Chana Dal Panchratan Dal
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Thank you
Geeta Seth
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Geeta Seth
