Dal Palak


Ingredients

1 medium sized bunch of spinach/palak(cleaned and chopped)
1 cup cooked greengram dal
2 tsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
2 green chillies slit into half
salt to taste
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
Few curry leaves
1 tsp lemon juice

In a microwave safe bowl, add oil, mustard seeds and cumin seeds and micro high for 30 seconds. Add the rest of the ingredients except lemon juice and about a cup of water to it. Micro high for 4 minutes, stirring once in between.

Add the lemon juice, mix well . Serve hot with rice/rotis.

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12 comments:

Cynthia said...

Always a favourite.

Mallika said...

A staple in my home!

Anonymous said...

Interesting recipes.

vidhas said...

looks and sounds delicious.

Anonymous said...

hey, i thought this was a 100% microwave recipe blog

if I have to cook gram on the stove, i can as well add all these ingredients to it on the STOVE too, isnt it ??

seen ingredients like cooked peas in other recipes.. how can u call it 100% microwave recipe then ?

EC said...

Thanks Cynthia, Mallika, Thai Recipes and Vidhas

@ Harshita..I have just mentioned cooked dal..not stove cooked dal..Since it is already mentioned in earlier recipes how to cook dal, it is not mentioned again.

gtyuk said...

you've given me an idea for today's lunch. Rice and fish fries with this dish MMMmmmmm, that must be yummy.

And thanks for the comment on Naan.

My hearty wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year!

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Anonymous said...

My hubby likes to have dal with chapatis. This new one would surprise him. He would just hug me tightly and ......

Unknown said...

I would like to see more microwave recipes, anyway these are good recipes make us be more creative.

Pavithra Elangovan said...

Loooooooooooooks so interesting and nice recipes...

FoodLovers said...

sounds great

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