Watch: This Palak Dal Tadka Makes For The Perfect Meal During Winters

For us, road trips are all about stopping at roadside eateries and indulging in delicious food. Dhaba-style kadhai paneer, dal makhani, roti, jeera aloo etc never fail to impress us with their earthy taste and rustic texture. Even we try to replicate these recipes at home again and again. In fact, if you scroll through the internet, you will find several dhaba-style recipes that can be easily replicated at home. One such popular dish is Dhaba Style Dal Tadka. Yellow lentils, cooked with various spices, topped with a tempering of ghee and a few spices – this dish is a mantra of indulgence. Serve it with roti or rice and a portion of jeera aloo and you have a wholesome meal ready in no time.

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This weekend, if you’re feeling like going completely desi with your meals, we have the perfect recipe for you. We bring you the classic Dal Tadka recipe with a special winter twist. Wondering what? Here, we add some fresh and crunchy spinach to the dal to make it seasonal and definitely healthy. For the uninitiated, spinach (or spinach) is a storehouse of various essential nutrients that benefit our overall health. Click here to know the health benefits of spinach.

palak dal tadka recipe for winter | How to make Palak Dal Tadka:

Spinach Dal Tadka is easy, nutritious and can be prepared in no more than 15-20 minutes. This special recipe has been shared by food vlogger Parul on her YouTube channel ‘Cook with Parul’.

Method for making Palak Dal Tadka:

• First of all, clean the chana dal and soak it in water for at least an hour. After this, wash and chop the spinach. Then pressure cook the chana dal with cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, turmeric, salt, asafoetida and ghee.
• After this, put some ghee in a pan and add cumin, asafoetida, fennel, ginger, garlic to it. Add turmeric and red chili powder and mix well. Add chopped tomatoes, salt to taste, water and mix well.
• Then, add coriander powder, cumin powder and kasoori methi and mix well. Add chopped spinach, mix well and cook with the lid closed. Add cooked chana dal and mix well.
• Prepare tempering by adding ghee, cumin, garlic, green chilies, ginger, dry red chilies. Switch off the gas and add Kashmiri red chilli powder. Pour the tempering over the cooked dal and close the lid.
• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves, ginger julienne, and green chilies and you have a ready-to-eat palak dal tadka.

Watch The Detailed Recipe Video Of Palak Dal Tadka Below:

Try this dish at home and have a wonderful weekend!

About Somdutt SahaExplorer – as Somdutt likes to call himself. She yearns to know the unknown, be it food, people or places. A simple aglio olio pasta or dal-rice and a good movie can make his day.