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Dal Palak | How to make Palak Dal in Pressure Cooker

Mar 3, 2023 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

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Dal palak, a simple dal made with fresh palak leaves and moong dal. A quick and easy recipe made in pressure cooker. A no onion, no garlic, sattvic palak dal recipe.

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Table of contents

  • Dal Chawal
  • Ingredients to Make Dal Palak
  • Step by Step instructions
  • Do you like this Dal? PIN IT
  • FAQ
  • Recipe Card for Dal Palak

Dal Chawal

Dal-chawal is staple food of India. We enjoy pizza, pasta, wraps and rolls, but home for us is simple dal-chawal. A plate of hot rice and dal, served with a dollop of ghee, fills our hearts and melts away all worries in that moment.

The simplicity and versatility of the dal makes it one of the easiest and quickest dish to make. Pressure cook it with simple spices like chilies and cumin and add a luscious tadka of mustard, curry leaves and garlic if you prefer. Serve it with steaming hot rice with a ghee or along with soft phulkas.

Palak dal with rice and ghee

Every state in India and every region in that state has a dal recipe of its own. For a south-indian, dal is kootu, a thick stew made of vegetables and dal with spice powder. Whereas when you travel North, the recipe changes where they use different spices with or without vegetables.

We love this simple lachko dal and this rich dal lucknowi. Both my boys love this delish sindhi specialty sayi dal and tridali dal. My personal favorite this chana dal, which has an amazing aroma of its own.

Ingredients to Make Dal Palak

  • Palak : The main hero of our dal recipe. Buy fresh palak leaves, for best tasting dal.
  • Dal : I have used a mix of dhuli moong and tuvar dal for this creamy palak dal. You can use just moong dal or a combination of moong, masoor and chana dal too.
  • Spices : Our palak dal uses just chilies and tomatoes. If you like garlic in your cooking you can add a clove or two of crushed garlic too.
Ingredients for making palak dal
  • Tempering : Usual Indian tempering ingredients like mustard seeds, cumin , curry leaves and hing/asafoetida are used in this pressure cooker palak recipe.
  • Garnish : I always prefer to add another tadka before serving, just with cumin seeds, 1 or 2 red chilies and curry leaves for an extra oomph to the palak recipe.

Step by Step instructions

Please check recipe card below for exact measurements of each ingredient used and also for the detailed instructions

  • Wash and chop the palak leaves. I usually cut the lower end of the palak bunch and roughly chop the rest of the palak, wash in water and drain them completely. Keep aside until use.
  • Measure the dals in another container, wash and soak for 15 minutes.
  • Heat oil in a pressure cooker, add a tempering of mustard seeds, chilies and curry leaves. Add chopped tomatoes to this and saute for a minute.
How to make palak dal in pressure cooker
  • To this now add the palak leaves, and drained dal. Mix well. Add turmeric powder, salt and enough water.
  • I have also added fresh coconut, which is optional, but adds great flavor to the dal.
No onion no garlic dal palak recipe
  • Close the lid and pressure cook for 4 whistles. Let the pressure come down on its own. Open the lid, mix well with a ladle. Add a tadka of cumin seeds and curry leaves.
  • Serve this simple yet flavorsome palak dal with hot rice and ghee on top.

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FAQ

Can I make this Palak Dal in Instant Pot?

Yes, you can make this creamy dal palak in instant pot. Pressure cook for 5 minutes and let in release pressure naturally for 10 minutes, then do a Quick pressure release.

What other Dals can be used to make this Palak keerai?

You can use just Moong dal, the skinned variety, will give you a yellow color dal. You can use a combination of moong and masoor dal or a combination of moong, masoor and tuvar dal too.

How to serve Palak Dal?

This luscious dal can be served along with steaming hot rice with a generous drizzle of ghee. They go pretty well with roti's too. This dal makes a great lunch box recipe.

Recipe Card for Dal Palak

Simple palak dal

Dal Palak | How to make Palak Dal in Pressure Cooker

Dal palak, a simple dal made with fresh palak and moong dal. A quick and easy recipe made in pressure cooker. A no onion, no garlic, sattvic palak dal recipe.
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Course: Delicious sides, Lunch, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian, North-Indian
Keyword: Keerai in pressure cooker, Palak dal in pressure cooker, Palak keerai, Palak keerai in pressure cooker, Pressure cooker recipe, Quick and easy lunchbox recipe
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 170kcal

Equipment

  • Pressure cooker

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch Palak leaves / Palak Keerai approximately 4-5 cups of chopped palak
  • ½ cup Dhuli Moong / Split green gram with skin
  • ¼ cup Tuvar dal/Split Pigeon Peas/Thuvaram Paruppu
  • 1 no medium size tomato chopped
  • 3 nos green chilies cut into 2
  • ¼ cup fresh coconut
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • ¼ teaspoon hing/asafoetida
  • sprig of curry leaf

Tempering

  • 3 teaspoon oil i use cold pressed groundnut oil
  • ½ teaspoon mustard seeds/kadugu
  • ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 2 nos red chilies broken
  • sprig of curry leaf

Instructions

  • Measure both the dals in a bowl, wash them twice or thrice with water. Soak in water for 15 minutes.
  • Chop the palak leaves roughly. I usually cut off the bottom portion of the palak bunch and roughly chop the leaves. Take it in a colander and wash it in running water and leave it to drain completely.

Let us make the Dal

  • Heat half the oil given under tempering in a pressure cooker. Once hot, splutter mustard seeds, add chopped green chilies and tomatoes to this.
  • Sauté the tomatoes until it becomes little soft. Add turmeric powder and hing to this and mix well.
  • Into this now dump the chopped and washed palak leaves and mix well. Drain the excess water from the soaked dals. Add the dal to the pressure cooker and mix well.
  • Add 3 cups of water to this. If you prefer a thick dal, make it 2-2.5 cups. Add fresh coconut and salt to this, mix well.
  • Close the pressure cooker and let this cook for 4-5 whistles. Let the pressure fall on its own.
  • Once done, open the lid of the pressure cooker, carefully. Mix the dal well with a ladle.
  • Now heat the remaining oil in a tadka pan, once hot , add cumin seeds and curry leaves and pour the sizzling tadka on the dal. If you prefer you can 1 or 2 red chilies and crushed garlic cloves here.
  • Serve this luscious dal with rice or roti. If serving with rice, add a generous serving of ghee and enjoy warm.

Notes

  • You can make this creamy dal palak in instant pot too. just pressure cook for 5 minutes, let it release pressure normally for 10 minutes, then do a QPR.
  • I have used dhuli moong or moong dal with skin, so my final dish color is green. If you use the normal moong dal skinned ones, you will get a yellow color dal. 
 

Nutrition

Calories: 170kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 0.4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 82mg | Potassium: 809mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 8006IU | Vitamin C: 25mg | Calcium: 128mg | Iron: 5mg

Disclaimer

I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.

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  1. Unknown

    February 02, 2013 at 4:48 pm

    love the popeye doll hehe ofcos his fav spinach!anytime helthy comfort food.

    Reply
  2. kitchen queen

    February 02, 2013 at 5:19 pm

    delicious and yummy spinach dal.

    Reply
  3. Unknown

    February 02, 2013 at 6:00 pm

    wow..yum, yumy.. ur dish is very mouth-watery...

    Reply
  4. My World My Home

    February 02, 2013 at 6:57 pm

    Very very healthy.... 🙂

    Reply
  5. divya

    February 02, 2013 at 7:41 pm

    Looks so yum...

    Reply
  6. Subhie Arun

    February 02, 2013 at 8:55 pm

    V v healthy n yummy combo !!

    Reply
  7. Unknown

    February 03, 2013 at 4:44 am

    a quick n easy healthy dal n greens ....

    Reply
  8. Unknown

    February 03, 2013 at 5:34 am

    Its a big hit in my family as we all luv this dal

    Reply
  9. Aruna Manikandan

    February 03, 2013 at 5:40 am

    healthy and delicious kootu 🙂

    Reply
  10. Priya Suresh

    February 03, 2013 at 11:35 am

    Even i'll go for pressurecooking dal,comforting food.

    Reply
  11. Swathi

    February 03, 2013 at 11:07 pm

    Delicious dal palak Priya, comfort dish.

    Reply
  12. Revathi Ramkumar

    February 04, 2013 at 7:41 am

    Beautiful blog.First time here and i like all ur recipes. When u r free please drop into my blog.

    Reply
  13. www.mahaslovelyhome.com

    February 04, 2013 at 12:37 pm

    very healthy n so tempting

    Reply
  14. Shama Nagarajan

    February 05, 2013 at 5:36 am

    yummy and inviting recipe.. .

    Reply
  15. Unknown

    February 06, 2013 at 3:40 pm

    wow so nutrituous and delicious!!! thanks for linking!!

    Reply

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