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Tandoori Chicken
Spinach Daal
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A staple in Indian homes, daal is a healthy lentil dish made in ghee with healthy and whole some ingredients like tomatoes, garlic and spinach
| Prep Time | 5 minutes |
| Cook Time | 20 minutes |
| Servings |
4 servings
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Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons ghee
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
- 2 green chilies cut into halves
- 2 tablespoons garlic chopped
- 8 leaves curry optional
- 2 plum tomatoes diced
- 1 cup lentils (split and skinned greenor split red lentils or yellow pigeon peas)
- 2 cups spinach rough chopped
- 2 teaspoon salt
- 4-5 cups Water
Ingredients
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Instructions
- Turn Instant Pot on Saute mode. Once the "hot" sign displays, add ghee. Add cumin and cook for 30 seconds.
- Add turmeric, green chilies, garlic and curry leaves. Mix well.
- Add tomatoes, lentils, salt and
2 cups of water. Give a quick stir. - Close Instant Pot with pressure valve to sealing. Set Instant Pot to Manual at high pressure for 15 minutes.
- When time is up allow natural pressure release, or do quick release, after about 5 minutes of natural pressure release.
- Add approx
2 cups of water to bring the lentils to desired consistency. - Blend the daal using immersion blender. Add chopped Spinach and mix well.
- Cook on Sauté until the daal comes to a gentle boil.
- Turn the Instant Pot off by pressing Cancel. Add more water if required. Adjust salt to taste.
- Serve hot with steamed basmati rice.
- Note: Everyone has a different consistency they like for the daal. Adjust water to your liking. This recipe was tested using
4- 5 cups of water and turned out fantastic.
Recipe Notes
Archana was born and raised in India eating her mom’s scrumptious food. She’s a talented chef and food enthusiast. Her food not only tastes amazing but it’s also a feast for the eyes, cooking with the freshest ingredients and experimenting with delicious recipes. Archana’s flavours and spices are inspired by the wonderful flavours of her mother’s cooking and traditional dishes from all over India.
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This is pur favourite dal recipe.
I made this today and it was really very good. If you like daal you will like this. I am going to try more garlic next time.
Really good recipe. I added some whole corriander. I like extra explosions of flavor.
Excellent recipe! I used green lentils b/c that’s what I had in the cupboard. I also added 1 lb. cube turkey ham because I needed to get it out of fridge. Increased garlic to 3 T. Used 1/2 habanero and 1 Fresno pepper, and that was pretty hefty kick. Dial back peppers if you prefer milder flavor. This one’s a win!
J’ai adoré cette recette. Je trouvais l’apparence plus liquide que sur la photo, mais le goût est impeccable. Avec des lentilles rouges, je suggèere de ne pas utiliser le mélangeur.
6-7 cups and it still absorbs / steams off excess water to render a perfect paste texture, over rice.
I doubled up on the spices and added coriander but it turned out great!
We really enjoyed this recipe. It was easy and healthy. Made 3 generous servings.
Super easy, tasty and healthy. Thank you.