Khata palak dal is a sour green leafy vegetable, a smaller version of spinach leaves, It is slightly sour to taste, very tasty, and delicious, it is a seasoned vegetable not available throughout the year as spinach
A luscious dish that can be pepped up even more by adding spices, chana dal, and spinach
A luscious dish that can be pepped up even more by adding spices, chana dal, and spinach
I made that palak by mixing it with spinach and chana dal. Khatta palak isn’t cooked alone always is prepared with half a quantity of spinach, You can add a variety of ingredients like potatoes, koftas, dumplings, etc. To make various gravy dishes
The main ingredients are sorrel, spinach, lentil, tomatoes and a few spices let's go ahead to learn how to make sorrel with lentils
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To prepare sorrel with lentils first wash the chana dal then soak it in hot water at least for 30 minutes
Take all the ingredients and prepare them all
Heat the oil/ghee in the pot/cooker and put onion slices saute them for 3-5 minutes Then put chopped garlic into the onion and fry them further
Until the onion turns slightly brown put chopped tomatoes, Cook the tomatoes until soft
Start to add spices and cumin seeds first then stir well on medium flame, Put chana dal in the cooker, and fry them with onion on a medium flame for around 5 minutes
Then add green chilies and crushed red chili flakes, keep stirring by adding other dry spices
Add salt and stir to mix well, fry chana dal with onion on medium-low heat until the oil is separated
Put mixed sorrel and spinach, and stir to combine well for 5 minutes
Once they are mixed well pour 1 cup of hot and boiled water, bring it to a boil then close the cooker lid and let it cook for 10 minutes
Simmer khatta palak for 5 minutes on low heat
Transfer to the serving dish/bowl Khatta palak with chana dal is ready to serve
Khatta Palak Dal is a sour green leafy vegetable, a smaller version of spinach
leaves, it is slightly sour to taste, very tasty, and delicious...
Ingredients:
- 250g, sorrel/khatta palak
- 250g, spinach/palak
- 1 medium size, onion slice
- 2 medium size, chopped tomatoes
- Salt to taste
- 1 ½ tsp, crushed red chili
- 1 tbsp, crushed coriander powder
- ½ tsp, turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp, chopped garlic cloves
- 1 tsp, cumin seeds
- 4-6 pieces, of long green chilies
- 1 cup, of chana dal soaked in water
- 1 cup, desi ghee/ghee
How to make Khatta Palak?
- Heat the oil in a pressure cooker, then add the onion slices
- Sauté on a medium flame after a few minutes put chopped garlic cloves and fry them with onion slices
- Keep frying till turns slightly brown in color
- Add the chopped tomatoes and cook it until soften
- Once tomatoes are soft put cumin seeds and further fry them on medium flame
- Now add soaked chana dal along with green chilies
- Stir well then put crushed red chili powder, crushed coriander seeds, turmeric powder, and salt
- Stir to combine well, then add mixed sorrel and spinach together
- Stir to mix well with chana masala for 5-10 minutes until the oil is separated
- Now pour 1 cup of boiled and hot water and bring it to boil
- Close the pressure cooker lid, after whistling let it cook for about 10-12 minutes
- Note, if you are using a simple pot then cook khatta palak with chana dal for around 30 minutes on a low-medium flame
- Remove the lid and allow to simmer for another 5 minutes
- Khatta Palak is ready to serve
- Transfer to the serving dish and serve hot….
- Khatta palak with chana dal can be served with naan,rotis, and rice
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