Uttar Pradesh Style Satpaita Dal Recipe

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Ingredients

1 teaspoon Cumin powder (Jeera),1/4 cup White Urad Dal (Split),1 teaspoon Coriander Powder (Dhania),2 Green Chillies - slit,1 Onion - finely chopped,1 tablespoon Ghee,2 Tomatoes - finely chopped,Sunflower Oil - as required,Salt - to taste,1/2 tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste,2 Bay leaves (tej patta),1/2 cup Chana dal (Bengal Gram Dal),1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera),4 cloves Garlic - crushed,1/2 kg Spinach Leaves (Palak),1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli powder,1 pinch Asafoetida (hing),3 Green Chillies - minced,1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi),1/2 teaspoon Whole Black Peppercorns - crushed,1/2 teaspoon Garam masala powder

Instructions

To begin making Uttar Pradesh Style Satpaita Dal Recipe, soak the lentils overnight. Clean spinach thoroughly and blanch them and grind spinach in a mixer grinder to make a smooth paste.Heat oil in a pressure cooker pan and then add bay leaf and onions into it once the oil is hot enough. Saute until the onions are a light brown colour.Add the ginger-garlic paste, minced chillies, tomatoes, salt, all the dry spices except garam masala and cook for a while.Drain the soaked dal, add into the masala and cook until the mixture comes together from the sides of the pressure cooker pan.Add the spinach paste and mix everything well and fry for 5 minutes on a medium heat.Now add the garam masala and pour enough water, close the lid and let the cooker give 3-4 whistles. Turn off the heatTake a small frying pan and heat the ghee and add hing, green chillies, cumin seeds and garlic into it, when it has sputtered, switch off and pour it on the dal and give it a swirl.Serve Uttar Pradesh Style Satpaita Dal Recipe along with Steamed Rice, Quick Cauliflower Sabzi Recipe (Phool Gobi Sabzi) and Phulka to make a complete meal.

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