Dinner Ideas
Dal Palak with Roti
The weeknight default: dal boosted with a bag of spinach, tempered properly, with two rotis. Cheap, gentle, endlessly repeatable.
430
kcal
19g
protein
64g
carbs
11g
fat
Per serving · makes 2 · 25 minutes
Ingredients
- •1 cup toor or moong dal, pressure cooked
- •2 big handfuls of spinach, roughly chopped
- •Tempering: 1 tbsp ghee, 1 tsp cumin, 2 cloves garlic sliced, 1 dry red chilli, pinch of hing
- •1/2 tsp turmeric, salt
- •2 rotis per person
Method
- 1.Stir the spinach and turmeric into the hot cooked dal and simmer 3 to 4 minutes until wilted.
- 2.In a small pan, heat the ghee and crackle the cumin, garlic, chilli, and hing until the garlic just browns.
- 3.Pour the tempering over the dal, cover for a minute, then salt to taste.
- 4.Serve with rotis and, if you need more protein today, a bowl of curd on the side.
Coach’s note
Dal alone will not hit your protein target. Count it as a helper, and let curd or paneer elsewhere in the day do the heavy lifting.
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