Comforting dal made with spinach and black eyed peas. Enjoy this dal with a steaming bowl of basmati rice.
Dal is a staple from South Asian Cuisine. There a numerous ways to how dal can be made. Different varieties of lentils like Toor dal. Moong dal, Chana dal, Masoor dal can be used to make the recipes.
Today I am sharing the dal recipe made with toor dal and also added black eyed peas to make it more wholesome.
Enjoy this comforting dal with brown rice, and tomato pickle.
Some of our other favorite dal recipes are Masoor dal (Red Lentil Curry), Pumpkin Dal, Gujarati Dal, and Broccoli Dal.
Black Eyed Peas Spinach Dal
Comforting dal made with spinach and black eyed peas. Enjoy this dal with a steaming bowl of basmati rice.
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Servings: 3
Ingredients
- ½ cup toor dal
- ¼ cup black eyed peas
- 2 cups spinach
- ½ cup onion, finely diced
- 1 large tomato
- 3 green chili, slit
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 pinch sugar
- 1 pinch asafetida
- 3 teaspoons oil
- 2 teaspoons tamarind pulp
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Wash and soak the black eyed peas in ¾ cup of water for 20 minutes. Drain.
- To the black eyed peas, add the toor dal, chopped spinach, onion, green chili, turmeric, tomato and 2.5 cups of some water. Pressure cook for 3 whistles in medium heat. Let the pressure release naturally.
- Do the tempering by heating the oil. When the oil gets hot add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and Asafatedia.Add the tempering to the cooked dal mixture.
- Add the tamarind paste, sugar and salt. Turn on the heat and simmer the dal for another five to ten minutes.
- Serve the dal with rice or chapathi.
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Manjula Bharath
wow very very delicious spinach dal , looks super inviting 🙂
Vimitha Anand
Healthy and comforting dal
Yes Cook
Delicious daal. Any and every daal is tasty no matter with what variation it is cooked,
Thanks for sharing.
Arthy Suman
wow i have never included black eyed peas in spinach dal…something new to me….looks gr8
Madhavi K
Do try it Arthhy, it’s a great way of adding extra protein in the dal.
Priya Suresh
Very delicious and seriously a healthy dal.. Never tried adding black eyed peas in spinach dal..loving this addition.
Rafeeda AR
looks really so yum…
Madhavi K
Thanks rafeeda
Sapana Behl
Delicious and filling dal with spinach ! My daughter calls this dal to be Rajma’s sister ..
Madhavi K
That’s so cute Sapana!