Yet another crazy week for me at work and cannot wait for the weekend to come by. For dinner I made this easy and nutritious daal yesterday inspired by this previously posted recipe here. It has a combination of lentils, greens, vegetables along with the goodness of ginger, garlic. I made this in a thicker consistency so that it would go well with both Rice and Rotis/Chapathis. Best of all this is a one pot dish and cleaning is a breeze.
This daal has similar ingredients to that of a Sambhar, but I used Chana Masala instead of the Sambhar powder. In this recipe, eggplant (brinjal) can be substituted with any other vegetable(s) of choice and spinach with any other greens.
Ingredients:
- ½ – 3/4 cup masoor daal/ toor daal
- ¾ cup chopped onions
- 1 medium tomato
- Garlic 2 pods
- 1 Tbsp ginger
- 2-3 green chillies slit
- 3 cups packed spinach
- 2 cups chopped brinjal/eggplant
- Mustard seeds
- Chana Mssala/Garam masala/Rajma Masala
- turmeric
- Cumin seeds
- salt
- oil
Preparation:
- Grate the ginger and garlic and keep aside.
- Pressure cook the Toor daal/Masoor daal along with cumin seeds, turmeric using sufficient water until soft and mushy.
- Chop the tomatoes, spinach and keep aside.
Method:
- Take a heavy bottom pan, add the oil. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, next add the ginger and garlic and sauté until the garlic turns light brown.
- Now add the onions, green chillies,spinach and stir until they are soft and transparent. Note: There is no need to cook the spinach beforehand. It wilts down very fast.
- Add the chopped brinjal/eggplant and mix until it is cooked. Add more oil if necessary.
- Add the chopped tomatoes, salt and mixuntil the raw smell of tomato is gone.
- Add chana masala powder/garam masala, salt and mix well. Add more oil at this time if dry.
- Mash the cooked daal, so that there are no lumps and add to this.
- Simmer for a while until the gravy blends with the daal. Check for seasonings.
Love the veggie combi and the masalas in this! Dal looks great, RC!
Delicious recipe. I love masoor dal for the ease of cooking, and I love the flavor that I think is more robust than other lentils usually have.
I have never mixed spinach & eggplant together .. I love such easy & tasty dishes
Quick and tasty. Addition of ginger to dal much give it a refreshing taste. The channa masala should have given it a strong aroma wouldn’t?
Wow thats interesting combo.. nice clicks and tempting too..I love dhal color..perfect..
Spinach dal looks healthy, comfort food for me
Looks good and healthy !
That bowl looks like a perfect match for this daal. Lovely RC.
egg plant gives creamy consistency tothe dhal isnt.cant wait to try his combination.good recipe
sound healthy and smart idea of using veges.:)
Perfect texture. Looks awesome, RC! 🙂
that looks totally delicious for an eggplant lover like me!
That’s nice…looks yum..I shall try
Yes you have to grind it even if you use idli rava, the batter should be fine. Only then u will get thing and crispy dosa.
Nice one bowl meal supriya. I am running around all day these days, barely getting time to cook.. these kinda a recipes are just ideal for rice & papad to go with it.
Ahh my fav brinjal…anything with it and am in for it.Perfect with steamed rice!!!!
I have tried egg plant and spinach combo but never with dal… will try soo…looks very healthy.
Wow, spinach and eggplant, healthy combination! I wonder how it taste with dal!
I don’t think I have ever had the combination of eggplant and spinach in one dish, this sounds so unique and delicious !
I love dals with greens and this looks really super yumm and love the picture.
I have`nt tried the eggplant with spinach combo. sound interesting.
Such a different set of ingredients for this one.
Looks lovely.
At what point is the spinach added? Does it need to be cooked before adding?
Hey RC how u doing? very nice combo for dal. the bowl looks so tempting…
wow! a bunch of my favorite stuff!
Recipe reminds me of Sindhi Sai Bhaji.Greens always a favorite.Loved the recipe.
Thank you all for the comments, so glad you liked it.
Green cook thanks for pointing the spinach part. I have now updated the post.
eggplant and dal is an interesting combo..never tried it though.. will try sometime.. you have a lovely blog !
RC, thanks sweetie. I am doing great, hugs to you for asking at FH! 🙂
Trisha’s college orientation went very well in the last few days, was busy with all that. As for stupid things going on in blogs, they are just that! STUPID fuss by STUPIDER people!!!;D
Have a great weekend. It’s blazing hot here, hope it rains soon.
Oh, forgot to say that dal looks yum, love the combo. I am getting few purple Chinese Eggplants in my veggie patch, will try this.
I love this dal. similar to the Sai bhaji..
I use split yellow peas that you can purchase in any american grocery store. I think Goya makes it .It is very similar to our “Channa Dal” but cooks very fast… and it is delicious.
One pot meal.. I love that ..
Was going to make it tonight, i take it that its ok to use others dals ? i only have moong dal at the moment.
Moong daal should work fine.