Palak Pappu | Spinach Dal
Palak Pappu (Spinach Dal) is a delicious & simple dal recipe using spinach greens. It is one of the classic Andhra dish.
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Ingredients
- 1 bunch Palak/Spinach (approx. 2 cups)
- ¾ cup Toor Dal
- 1 medium Onion
- 1 medium Tomato
- 6 Green chillies (+ or - depending on your taste)
- ½ tsp Turmeric powder
- Small lime size Tamarind
- Salt to taste
- Water as required
For Tadka (tempering)
- 1 tsp. Oil/Ghee
- ½ tsp Mustard
- ½ tsp Cumin/Jeera
- ½ tsp each Channa & Urad dal
- 15 crushed Garlic cloves
- Few Curry leaves
- 3 Dried red chillies
Ingredients
For Tadka (tempering)
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Instructions
- Wash and cut palak/spinach leaves into big pieces.
- Chop Onions & tomatoes roughly.
- Pressure cook toor dal, palak, onion, tomato, green chilli, tamarind & turmeric powder to 2 whistle.
- Once pressure subsides, open the cooker add salt to taste & mash the cooked palak dal mixture using wooden whisk or masher.
Tadka (this is the step which enhance the taste of dal so I suggest not to skip)
- Heat oil/ghee in tadka pan, add mustard & let it crackle.
- Add minced garlic & lightly fry them.
- In goes the channa dal & urad dal fry until its golden brown.
- Add Jeera, dry red chilli & curry leaves, fry for few seconds.
- Add this tadka to dal & combine them together.
- Serve the dal with steaming hot rice.
