Name: South Indian Style Dal Palak recipe by Krishna Priya at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Palak - 250 grams; Toor dal - 50 grams, boiled; Sambar onions - 10 nos; Garlic - 4 to 5 pieces; Dry red chillies - 2 to 3 nos; Tomato - 1 nos; Oil - 1 tablespoon, for frying; Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon; Jeera - 1 teaspoon; Pepper - 1/2 teaspoon; Hing - 1 pinch; Turmeric - 1/2 teaspoon; Curry leaves - 1 strand; Salt - as per taste

ABOUT South Indian Style Dal Palak RECIPE

A traditional South Indian gravy made out of palak and toor dal.

Ingredients Serving: 4

Palak - 250 grams
Toor dal - 50 grams, boiled
Sambar onions - 10 nos
Garlic - 4 to 5 pieces
Dry red chillies - 2 to 3 nos
Tomato - 1 nos
Oil - 1 tablespoon, for frying
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Jeera - 1 teaspoon
Pepper - 1/2 teaspoon
Hing - 1 pinch
Turmeric - 1/2 teaspoon
Curry leaves - 1 strand
Salt - as per taste

Instructions

Boil and cook the toor dal in a pressure cooker till 1 whistle blows.
Heat oil (I used coconut or sesame oil) in a kadai. Add in the mustard seeds, jeera, pepper, hing and allow it to splutter.
Then add the onions, garlic and dry red chillies, fry it for a few minutes. Add the roughly chopped tomato and fry till the raw smell goes away.
Then add the roughly blanched palak and fry it for a few minutes.
Remove it from the heat and allow it to cool.
Now grind this mixture coarsely in a mixer/grinder. (Usually one quick round will do.)
Heat a kadai. Add in the boiled toor dal and palak mixture, bring it to a boil. Turn off the stove.
Serve it hot with rice or rotis.

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