Chana dal palak curry is a classic combination when we talk about our main course dal dishes. Though we cook separately both the ingredients to make yummy dishes but when we combine them to cook together, a yummy chana dal-palak curry comes out with magical flavours
This dish is very common in our household especially in North India. A Sindhi delicacy Sai Bhaji is very similar to this dal palak version. The difference is that they add some more veggies with palak.
For this chana dal-palak dish both the ingredients are cooked together to perfection and a flavourful tampering or tadka of onion, tomatoes, some aromatics and our favorite powered spices are added to cooked dal
INGREDIENTS
• Chana dal /split bengal gram(soaked for 2 hrs) – 1 cup/150 gms
• Washed and Finely chopped Spinach /palak – 2 cups/300 gms
• Water – 4 -5 cups(quantity of water depends of what consistency you want)
• Salt – 2 tsp/to taste
• Turmeric /haldi powder – 1 tsp
INGREDIENTS FOR TEMPERING/TADKA
• Ghee or oil – 2 tbsp
• Finely chopped onions – 2 tbsp
• Finely chopped tomatoes – 2 tbsp
• Finely chopped ginger, garlic and green chilies – 1 tsp each
• Cumin seeds/jeera – 1 tsp
• Asofotida/heeng powder – 1 tsp
• Carom/ajwain seeds – 1 tsp
• Red chilly powder, coriander powder and garam masala powder – 1 tsp each
STEP BY STEP
1- Take a pressure cooker and add chopped spinach, chana dal, water, salt and haldi powder. Cover the lid and cook for 10 minutes or 5-6 whistles come
2 – Switch off the gas and let the cooker cool down completely
3 – Open the lid and mix dal palak with a ladle to incorporate both. Whilest prepare for tadka.
TEMPERING/TADKA
1– Heat ghee in a tadka pan and add chopped onions, ginger, garlic and green chillies. Cook for a while
2- Add jeera, heeng and ajwain and allow them to crackle
3- Add coriander powder, red chilly powder and half of the garam masala(half quantity of garam masala will be added to finished dal palak)
4- Stir for a while and add chopped tomatoes. Cook tomatoes until they get soft. Mash them with the back of the ladle
5- pour this flavourful tadka over prepared chana dal palak dish. Mix tadka and remaining garam masala well to the dish to incorporate everything
7- Serve yummy chana dal palak dish with roti or rice
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