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Daal Hariyali Recipe I How To Make Daal Hariyali

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Daal hariyali -Delicious and  easy to make restaurant style daal hariyali 

Daal hariyali- Pigeon peas /tuvar daal cooked with spinach and mild and  fragrant spices. It is much healthier then the normal daal as spinach is added in this. Kids usually don’t like to eat spinach but this Daal hariyali is so colorful and delicious that even kids will eat this without any fuss.
You add any other green also with spinach to add nutrition and flavor in this healthy daal, you can add some chopped methi , amaranth leaves or dill leaves with spinach, then also it taste very nice. You can serve this daal with plain roti or paratha or just with some steamed rice and salad .

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how to make daal hariyali recipe

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4.67 from 3 votes

Daal Hariyali, Lentil with spinach

Pigeon pea cooked with spinach and basic spices
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time10 minutes mins
Total Time20 minutes mins
Course: Lentil/Daal, Main Course
Cuisine: North Indian Cuisine
Keyword: daal, hariyali, palak, spinach, tuvar daal
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 179kcal
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup Pigeon Pea / Tuvar / Arhar ki daal
  • 200 gm Spinach /palak
  • 2 Green chilies/Hari Mirch
  • 1 tsp Ginger / Adrak grated
  • 2 tsp Lemon Juice / Nimbu Ka Ras
  • 1.5 tbsp Fresh Cream optional
  • 2 tsp Clarified Butter / Desi Ghee
  • 1 tsp Salt / Namak
  • 1/3 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder

Tempering / tadka

  • 2 tsp Clarified Butter / Desi Ghee
  • 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
  • 2 Green Cardamom / Hari Elaichi
  • 2 Cloves / Lavang
  • 1/3 inch Cinnamon /daalchini
  • 2 dried whole red chilies

Instructions

  • Trim and remove the thick steams of spinach and wash the leaves well
  • Wash and soak tuvar/arhar daal(lentil) in water for 1/2 hour.
  • Pressure cook lentil with 1.5 cup water for 3 whistles or till done, then mash gently with a whisk.
  • Boil 1.5 glass water in a pan ,add 1/2 tsp sugar ,when water start boiling add in the spinach and cook for a minute,or till leaves start wilting.
  • Drain and then refresh spinach in cold water,take out 1/3 leaves seperately and chop them and grind the rest with green chilies.
  • Heat ghee (clarified butter) in a pan ,add cumin seeds,cardamom (slightly crush to open the mouth) ,cloves ,cinnamon and 2 whole red chilies.
  • When cumin start crackling add grated ginger and chopped spinach ,saute for a while .
  • Now add boiled and mashed lentil, spinach puree and 1.5 to 2 cup water(according to the thickness you need).
  • Add salt,1/4 tsp turmeric and cook for approx. 3 minutes on medium flame.
  • Now add cream and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
  • Add lemon juice and butter and serve hot.
  • Serving suggestions-best served with boiled rice or with any Indian bread

Nutrition

Calories: 179kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 722mg | Potassium: 333mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 4842IU | Vitamin C: 28mg | Calcium: 78mg | Iron: 3mg

Posted by Anjana Chaturvedi Filed Under: Daals / Lentils, North Indian Food

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  1. Nupur

    2012-10-01 at

    Perfect Daal,Even I do it sometimes to add greens in the diet .. thanks for linking to the event 🙂

  2. Reshmi Mahesh

    2012-09-26 at

    Delicious healthy dal…

  3. Archana Potdar

    2012-09-25 at

    wow as usual no onion no garlic. Bookmarked.

  4. Beena.stephy

    2012-09-25 at

    yummy and healthy

  5. Ramya

    2012-09-25 at

    Thatz what i call comfort food:-) The daal looks soo inviting..

  6. Chitra

    2012-09-25 at

    simple , yummy recipe..

  7. Chitra

    2012-09-25 at

    Superb recipe. Bookmarked !

  8. radha

    2012-09-25 at

    Nice. Different from the other palak dal that I have tried. Next one will be this one!

  9. srividhya Ravikumar

    2012-09-25 at

    delicious dal…

  10. Kalpana Sareesh

    2012-09-25 at

    healthy nice green dhal

  11. Meena B

    2012-09-25 at

    wonderful color and very flavorful dal

    would love to try this

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  12. Fathima

    2012-09-25 at

    Lovely colour, and looks delicious also.

  13. Mythreyi

    2012-09-25 at

    comforting meal… simple and superb..

    -Mythreyi
    Yum! Yum! Yum!

  14. Kaveri Venkatesh

    2012-09-25 at

    Nutritious and protein packed dal. Do link it to the event happening at my space:
    http://palakkadcooking.blogspot.in/2012/09/show-me-your-hits-event-announcement.html

  15. divya

    2012-09-25 at

    mmmm…looks so yummy.. i am feeling hungry.

  16. Julie

    2012-09-24 at

    Very healthy greeny dal!!
    Join my ongoing EP events-Oregano OR Paprika @ Foodomania

  17. Now Serving

    2012-09-24 at

    that is a lovely dal

  18. Sangeetha

    2012-09-24 at

    I saw this recipe on a TV show n noted it long back n totally forgot about it…thanks for the remind, your version sounds simple n delicious..will try it soon!!

  19. Shobha

    2012-09-24 at

    I have never added cream to any dal..will try it out next time..
    Dal looks yummy.

  20. Shailaja Reddy

    2012-09-24 at

    Wow yummy & healthy daal.

  21. faseela

    2012-09-24 at

    wow….superb recipe….yum

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