Daal Palak


Ingredients:
1. A bunch of Palak
2. 1 cup tur daal
3. 1 tomato
4. 3-2 cloves of garlic
5. 2 whole red chilies
6. 1 tsp garam masala
7. 1 tsp red chili powder
8. 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
9. pinch of hing (asafoetida)
10. Mustered seeds (Rai) for tampering 
11 Salt for taste
12. 2 tsp oil

Preparation:
1. Clean and chop palak
2. Cut tomato in to small pieces
3. Wash toor daal and add water for cooking, add chopped palak and tomato to the daal and presure cook till 3-4 whistles
4. Mix the cooked daal, palak and tomato well, add a cup of water to it
5. Heat oil in a pan, add rai 
6. Once rai starts crackling, add hing, whole red chilies, chopped cloves of garlic and let it turn brown
7. Now add turmeric, red chili powder, garam masala and salt to the oil (Make sure you not burn the masalas as oil will be very hot at this point)
8. Quickly pour the daal into pan and let it cook for few minutes. Adjust to desired consistency by adding water. 

Serve hot with Phulaka or Rice!!

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