{"id":2099,"date":"2015-03-05T13:58:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T21:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/?p=2099"},"modified":"2015-03-06T17:26:12","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T01:26:12","slug":"spinach-dal-curry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/spinach-dal-curry\/","title":{"rendered":"Palak Dal Curry"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"P2S-Palak<\/a>Palak (Spinach) dal (lentil) curry is a great nutrition balanced recipe, blending spinach (vitamins & minerals), lentil (protein and starch) along with health benefit of ingredients like garlic. This palak recipe goes great with rice, chapatti or naan, and can even be served as a single-dish meal. Those who really want to diet for a better health and fit,…….. I strongly recommend this recipe as a single dish meal for breakfast or dinner.<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/b><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Spinach\u00a0 (big)\u00a0\u00a0 : \u00a02 bunch<\/li>\n
  2. Chopped Green chilly\u00a0\u00a0 : 6<\/li>\n
  3. Salt for taste<\/li>\n
  4. Toor dal\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : \u00a01 cup<\/li>\n
  5. Turmeric powder\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : A pinch<\/li>\n
  6. Garlic cloves\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 3<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For grinding<\/i><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Coconut\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 1 cup<\/li>\n
    2. Jeera\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : \u00bc T sp.<\/li>\n
    3. Turmeric powder\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : \u00bc T sp.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      For Tempering:<\/i><\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Oil\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 2 \u00bd T sp.<\/li>\n
      2. Mustard seeds\u00a0 : \u00bc \u00a0T sp.<\/li>\n
      3. Dried red chilly\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 3<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Method<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \n
        • Clean the spinach, wash it thoroughly and then keep it in a colander for draining the water.<\/li>\n
        • Chop the spinach roughly.<\/li>\n
        • Grind the coconut, jeera and turmeric powder in to a smooth paste.<\/li>\n
        • In a pressure cooker, add the washed toor dal along with\u00a0 garlic and a pinch of turmeric powder and 1 \u00bd cup of water , put the lid and cook for about 2-3 whistle or until cooked well.<\/li>\n
        • After the pressure released, open the lid and smash it nicely.<\/li>\n
        • In a kadai\/pan add 1 T-sp of oil and add the spinach along with green chilli and\u00a0 salt ,saut\u00e9 it for about 2 minutes.<\/li>\n
        • Close the lid and cook it for about 5-7 minutes. Make sure to stir it in-between<\/li>\n
        • The leaves itself oozes some water , if there is not enough water add half cup of water and cook it.<\/li>\n
        • Then dilute the cooked dal with one cup of water and add it to the spinach.<\/li>\n
        • Allow it to boil, then add the coconut paste and add enough water ( I used altogether 3 cups of water. Adjust the water to have a medium thick consistency).<\/li>\n
        • Let it boil for about 2-3 minutes and switch off the flame.<\/li>\n
        • In a small kadai\/ pan add the 1.5 Tsp of oil and add the mustards and let it splutter, then add chilli and curry leaves and fry it.<\/li>\n
        • Add this to the spinach curry and mix it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Palak (Spinach) dal (lentil) curry is a great nutrition balanced recipe, blending spinach (vitamins & minerals), lentil (protein and starch) along with health benefit of ingredients like garlic. This palak recipe goes great with rice, chapatti or naan, and can even be served as a single-dish meal. Those who really […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,20,12,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthy-diet","category-north-indian","category-side-dish","category-vegetarian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2099"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2107,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099\/revisions\/2107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}