Keera Curry or Dal Palak

Spinach is rich with many essential nutrients. These nutrients include folate,vitamin C,niacin,riboflavin and potassium. Some they preferred to consume them raw, either in green drinks or salads. On the other hand,many have their choice on cooked spinach.

After googling on benefits of spinach,I came out with a conclusion that its really useful for my readers out there. Actually spinach has its excellent source of iron that as much as other leafy greens. But,when its cooked,the level of vitamin A and iron would be higher than the raw spinach. Hence, cook the spinach just until it's perfectly wilted,lightly steamed or sauted.

So,today I made perfect nutritious Keera Curry or Dal Palak. It's perfectly paired well with Phulka. Soft and tempting phulka really taste awesome with simple dal palak. My husband and kids were always go for a second helping. It's really finger licking recipe. 

I have used toor dal instead of moong dal for this delicious recipe. I love to use toor dal for all type of dal curry or sambar. Thick coconut milk at end of cooking gives my dal palak more tasteful.

Let me share my Dal Palak recipe;

Dal Palak

Ingredients 

Spinach - 500g...chopped

Toor dal - 1 1/2 cups

Garlic - 6 cloves

Hot chili- 1...halved

Tomato - 1..sliced 

Salt

Water

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Thick coconut milk - 1/4 cup

To temper

Oil

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Cumin - 1/2 tsp

Onion - 1..sliced 

Red dry chilies - cuts 3 parts

Hing - a pinch 

Preparation  

1. Soak toor dal for half hour.

2. Wash throughly and mix all ingredients except turmeric powder and coconut milk. Let it to boil.

3. Cook the dal mixture until well cooked and smashed.

4.  Once dal well smashed,now throw in chopped spinach and turmeric powder.

5. Cook the spinach with dal until it's wilted.

6.  In the other pan,heat oil and temper mustard seeds and cumin until pops.

7. Add in sliced onion,chilies and a pinch of hing. Sauté for 2 seconds until golden brown.

8. Then,gently dropin the sauted mix into dal mixture.

9. Let it boil for seconds and pour in thick coconut milk while constantly stir.

10. Immediately switch off the stove. Serve dal Palak with phulka.