When I was brand-new in this land of opportunity, many times I used to crave for the simple home cooked meal. Our kitchen was not set up fully then and the nearest Indian stores was many miles away. My best friend, Rakhee had arrived here few months earlier and she shared this fantastic recipe. All the ingredients are readily available in the usual American supermarket so we call it "Supermarket Daal palak". and with just a few ingredients, the daal gets ready in no time even when you are super busy. and the resulting daal, when served with plain rice, transports you - or at least me - straight to India. I love to slurp this daal like soup as well.
"Supermarket" Daal- Palak
Ingredients
1 cup split green peas /green peas daal
1 bunch fresh spinach, shredded
salt to taste
Tempering
2 tsp oil
3 - 4 cloves garlic, peeled, slivered
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2 dry, red chilies
Method
1. Pressure cook daal adding double amount of water. Keep aside.
2. Heat oil. Add chilies, turmeric powder and garlic pieces.
3. As garlic changes color, add shredded spinach. Saute till the spinach is wilted.
4. Add cooked, mashed daal and water to get the desired consistency.
5. Add salt. Bring to a rapid boil.
6. Switch off the gas. Cover with a lid. Serve with plain rice.
This simple green daal goes straight to EC's celebration of colour in food for the color Green.
16 comments:
looks great and nice colour...i love these soo much that i make altleast once a week...its healthy tooo
healthy recipe for a great event...luved it
Really simple to make....sounds delicious, too.
that's a nice name Meera! looks great too.
Apt name for the dish :D..Have never used spilt green peas with palak, nice combo and yes, I like to slurp this kind of dal like soup too..
Simple yet delicious! Thats what we love, right? Very nice dhal - healthy & yummy too :-)
lovely green color..
dal palak looks tasty. I like to have this with rice :).
what a great idea to use split green peas. i'm making this today.
what a lovely idea, Meera! i like those supermrkt split green peas a lot :)
Suma, Sangeeth, Jayashree, Uma, Maya, Seema, SMN, Bhawna, Bee, Richa:
Thanks for your lovely words.
Bee, hope you guys like it as much as we do. I really feel honoured that you will be making it.
dear meera, we made it yesterday with chard and loved it. we added some lime juice too. thank you.
Bee:
I was really biting my nails thinking if you guys would like this recipe or not. Thanks so much for giving me the feedback. You really made my day!! Adding chard and lemon juice is a brilliant idea.
Delicious one...thanks for participating
hey Meera, was wondering if u hv tried it w/ frozen palak anytime? i want to try this, just wanted to mk sure that frozen stuff does not alter the taste. thanks
EC:
Thanks!
Richa:
For this recipe, I have always used fresh spinach leaves. I think frozen may work fine. Please thaw and drain them completely otherwise the ice may add too much water.
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