My experiments with Slow cooker series - Palak Dal (Palakura Pappu , Lentils with Spinach)

A simple and nutritious dal which can be cooked in slow cooker.Palak dal came out well. One thing I noticed when cooking toovar dal in slow cooker ,is you need to add salt at the end and if you need to add any tamarind you need to add it after the dal is well cooked, otherwise the dal will not be soft.

Palak Dal

Ingredients :

1 Cup Toovar Dal

1 Medium Onion
1 Large Tomato

1 Bunch Spinach

2 Green Chillies
1/2 Inch Ginger
2 Garlic cloves
1/2 Tsp Red Chilli powder

1/4 Tsp Turmeric

Salt to taste

3 cups water
Tadka
1 Tbsp Oil

1/2 Tsp Jeera

1/2 Tsp Mustard Seeds

2 Dry Red Chillies

2 Garlic Pods
1 Tbsp Diced Onion
8-10 Curry Leaves

 

Method :

To the slow cooker cermaic pot, Add washed Toovar Dal,diced Spinach,diced Onion,Red Chilli Powder,Green Chillies,Turmeric,diced Ginger,Garlic,diced Tomato,3 Cups water. Cook on High for 6 hours. Add salt to the dal and cook for another 10 minutes.

Tadka : In hot Oil, add Curry Leaves ,dry red chillies, Jeera , Mustard seeds and Garlic pieces,onion. Let them turn light brown and add to the Dal.

Serve hot with rice.