I love making this recipe when the season starts to change, and I start to crave warm soups and stews. This recipe is a popular traditional Pakistani recipe which really warms you up. Over the years I have noticed that this has become one of the favorite comfort foods for my kids and I. Serve it as a soup or on top of plain basmati rice, it will warm you up like nobody’s business. Traditionally it is called “Palak Dal” – Palak is spinach and Dal is the lentils.
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Palak Dal
1 cup yellow lentils
3 cups warm water
½ teaspoon turmeric
½ teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon salt
1-pound fresh spinach, chopped
Wash the lentils thoroughly, add warm water and bring to a boil. Add all spices and let it cook on medium heat for about 20 minutes. Add chopped spinach and cook for another 15 minutes. Heat the oil in a separate frying pan, add the thinly sliced onions and sauté them until they turn dark brown. Top the lentils with the oil and the sauteed onions and cover the pot for a couple of minutes. Serve warm with basmati rice.